11/11/2025
🌹 The Unknown Warrior — A Symbol of Every Sacrifice 🌹
On this Armistice Day, we remember not just names carved on stone, but also those whose names were never known.
In 1920, two years after the guns fell silent, one fallen soldier — identity unknown, rank unknown — was brought home from the battlefields of France. He could have been anyone’s son, brother, husband, or father.
Chosen at random from four unknown soldiers, his coffin was carried across the Channel aboard HMS Verdun, and on 11 November 1920, he was laid to rest in Westminster Abbey — among kings, statesmen, and poets.
He was buried in soil from France, beneath words that still move the heart:
“Beneath this stone rests the body of a British warrior unknown by name or rank, brought from France to lie among the most illustrious of the land.”
For grieving families who never had a grave to visit, the Unknown Warrior became every soldier. A symbol of all the brave souls who gave their lives and whose stories ended far from home.
Today, as we pause in silence, we remember him — and through him, we remember them all.
Lest we forget. ❤️
At JE Nicholson Family Funeral Directors, we will be observing the two-minute silence at 11am, honouring the courage, sacrifice, and memory of every man and woman who served.
