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Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,113 Send Message	Gwyn in Kent	Report	11 Nov 2010 22:08
	A warrior's last journey...Pictures http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11713676 Gwyn
Member Since: June 2010 Posts: 200 Send Message	sox	Report	11 Nov 2010 18:02
Member Since: June 2010 Posts: 200 Send Message	Its such an interesting article...... So poigniant on this day ....... RIP (Eric Eye)
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 3,379 Send Message	George_of_Westbury	Report	11 Nov 2010 17:31
	Gwyn Thanks for putting this up, although i was aware that the Unknown Soldier had been recovered from the battlefields , i did not know the precise details of how and why he was chosen. Very interesting Thank you George
	Researching: My avatar is that of my Dad and shipmates, taken onboard HMS Blanche in 1938, place unknown From left to right, my Dad,Sidney Mellor and Sidney Bateman.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,113 Send Message	Gwyn in Kent	Report	11 Nov 2010 16:58
	Just noticed this article about how he was chosen. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11710660 Gwyn