File:Westminster Abbey (15124462342).jpg

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Description This photograph shows the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey together with the American Congressional Medal of Honour. In October 1921 the Unknown Warrior was posthumously awarded the Medal by an act of the American Congress, the following month the British Government awarded the Victoria Cross to the American Unknown Warrior interred at Arlington Cemetery. Over the years since, the Unknown Warrior has become the Unknown Soldier.
Source Westminster Abbey
Author W & K London (Wildt & Kray); other versions published by Selfridge & Co., W & K Series. There are horizontal and vertical versions of this photo.
Scanned by Leonard Bentley from Iden, East Sussex, UK
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http://www.delcampe.net/en_GB/collectables/postcards/united-kingdom-england-london/westminster-abbey/selfridge-london-the-unknown-warrior-s-grave-in-wesminster-abbey-showing-the-american-congressional-medal-247897719.html
http://www.delcampe.net/en_GB/collectables/postcards/united-kingdom-england-london/unclassified/the-unknown-warrior-s-grave-in-westminster-abbey-american-congress-medal-1924-398754173.html (posted 1924)

http://www.delcampe.net/en_GB/collectables/postcards/militaria/unclassified/memorial-postcard-rppc-real-photo-unknown-warriors-grave-westminster-abbey-a0-19-355749756.html
Camera location51° 29′ 57.67″ N, 0° 07′ 42.02″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Leonard Bentley at https://flickr.com/photos/31363949@N02/15124462342. It was reviewed on 12 November 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0.

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