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Thank you for this op-ed article on the tombs of the unknowns. I've just been watching (in the UK) the BBC coverage of the Westminster Abbey service to commemorate the centenary of the burial of The Unknown Warrior. A couple of points: the French unknown was buried at the Arc de Triomphe (you are correct to say that the original proposal was for burial at the Panthéon, but someone reading this op-ed might think that was where the body was buried when it wasn't). I hadn't been aware that the burial at the Arc de Triomphe was later. As far as I am aware, the burial in the UK at Westminster Abbey was the same day as the service. The bit about the phrasing surrounding the term 'unknown' (or as you say, 'known only to God') is interesting. There is a whole article about it (or the IWGC/CWGC version produced by Kipling at any rate) at Known unto God. Carcharoth (talk) 03:20, 12 November 2020 (UTC)