UNKNOWN DEAD

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 178, 30 July 1932, Page 7

UNKNOWN DEAD

SOLDIERS OF THE SOMME PRINCE TO UNVEIL MEMORIAL [ British Official Wireless.] Received July 29, 9.5 p.m. RUGBY, July 28. The Prince of Wales will on Monday unveil at Thiepval a memorial to over 70,000 British soldiers who died in that area, but who have no known graves. As the unveiling ceremony is proceeding disabled ex-servicemcn wib scatter in the Anglo-French cemetery where the memorial stands, the ashes of little wooden crosses placed among poppies in. the British Legions Fiel I of Remembrance outside Westminster Abbey each Armistice Day. When the Prince reaches Thiepval he will inspect the French guard of honour and will receive the French President, M. Lebrun, who will deliver an address after the memorial has been unveiled. The memorial will bear the follow ing inscription: “To the glory of God and in grateful memory of 73,367 sol diers who gave their lives on the Somme battlefields in the service of King and Country, but who have no known grave, we dedicate this memorial, praying that inspired by the example of these our brothers, we who remain may give our lives in service and sacrifice for the progress of humanity, so that we be not ashamed when we meet with them beyond the grave.”