"THE UNKNOWN WARRIOR.”
A symbol of all British killed, Beneath all war-rent skies, Surroiuided by historic great, Our unknown warrior lies.
In that one, we have buried ail, Our Empire’s fallen brave; With English kings and nobles we Have given them all a grave.
They required no rank, or station, Such here• would not suffice; One is their qualification, The supreme sacrifice. 5
Here is the greatest monument, All Britain could procure; Bur all her fallen in the war, One grave in Abbey floor.
tunju mothers had their missing sons, And ne’er have they been found, No cross, to 1 murk their “sacred spot, No long and narrow mousnd.
Hut, a shrine in dear old Abbey, Where ah such share a claim,; The inainy mental wreaths they make .Should oh this tomib (be laid.
in one we honour, all our dead, Who, died in our defence; Who loyally gave up their all, And crossed the Last Great Trench —T. HENSMAN. Shannon.
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Shannon News, 17 June 1924, Page 2
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161"THE UNKNOWN WARRIOR.” Shannon News, 17 June 1924, Page 2
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