09/11/2024
The Unknown Warrior is taken from the Chapel at Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise to the library in the castle at Boulogne.
The route is lined by French townspeople, school children and a company from the French 8th Infantry Regiment, recently awarded the Légion d'Honneur en masse escorted the coffin and then stood vigil overnight.
In the docks, HMS VERDUN arrives from Dover carrying the Warriors coffin and two specially selected undertakers who will prepare the body for burial and transfer the body to the new coffin. These men will be the last to see the Unknown Warriors face. They never speak about what they saw, the condition of the body or the colour of the skin.
Thank you for your service. We remember them all.