The Unknown Warrior wood plaque

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# Platform 8, Victoria Station Standing on Platform 8 at Victoria Station, you're stepping into one of the most solemn moments in British history—the precise spot where an unnamed soldier, killed in the First World War, arrived on the evening of November 10th, 1920, at 8:32pm. For one night only, t...

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Platform 8, Victoria Station

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The body of the British unknown warrior arrived at platform 8 at 8.32pm on the 10th November 1920 and lay here overnight before interment at Westminster Abbey on 11th November 1920