UNKNOWN SOLDIER'S TOMB.
DISPOSAL OF SOUVENIRS. (BT CABLU —PBESB ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.) (ATJBTBALIAN AND H.Z. AND SUN CABUt.) LONDON, Novemlber 6. The newspaper "Dispatch" reveals how the Unknown- Soldier's Tomb in Westminster Abbey was secretly opened and souvenirs of remembrance placed on the grave were deposited in it. It recalls that since the interment on Armistice Day, 1920, many valuable trinkets, gold and silver medals, crucifixes and other souvenirs were found on the tomb, and accumulated in charge of the verger. Finally they became so many that their final disposal became most difficult.
Accordingly, the stones at the lefthand bottom corner of the marble slab were removed, and the tributes were reverently laid in. Souvenirs are again accumulating, necessitating the grave being reopened some time.
The "Sunday Express," referring to the reports that the tomb recently had been opened, understands that in 1921 a few stones were moved, under which were placed a number of crosses, medals and trinkets which it was felt could no,t be left lying on tho tomb indefinitely.
It adds that the tomb will never be opened. ' •
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19152, 8 November 1927, Page 9
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180UNKNOWN SOLDIER'S TOMB. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19152, 8 November 1927, Page 9
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