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[Meena Dhawan BEM @Minsie28]

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[Meena Dhawan BEM @Minsie28]

Loving the new Dream Team, Rylan & Emma on This Morning. 😍 So natural, great chemistry & lots of laughs. Thank you ITV #ThisMorning, #ITV1

[Moz Perkins⚓️🇨🇶🇬🇧 Author 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @MozPerkins]

On November 7th, 1920, in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the Asine and the Somme.

None of the soldiers who did the digging were told why.

The bodies were taken by field ambulance to GHQ at St-Pol-Sur-Ter Noise. Once there, the bodies were draped with the union flag.

Sentries were posted and Brigadier-General Wyatt and a Colonel Gell selected one body at random. The other three were reburied.

A French Honour Guard was selected and stood by the coffin overnight of the chosen soldier overnight.

On the morning of the 8th November, a specially designed coffin made of oak from the grounds of Hampton Court arrived and the Unknown Warrior was placed inside.

On top was placed a crusaders sword and a shield on which was inscribed:

"A British Warrior who fell in the GREAT WAR 1914-1918 for King and Country".

On the 9th of November, the Unknown Warrior was taken by horse-drawn carriage through Guards of Honour and the sound of tolling bells and bugle calls to the quayside.

There, he was saluted by Marechal Foche and loaded onto HMS Vernon bound for Dover. The coffin stood on the deck covered in wreaths, surrounded by the French Honour Guard.

Upon arrival at Dover, the Unknown Warrior was met with a nineteen gun salute - something that was normally only reserved for Field Marshals.

A special train had been arranged and he was then conveyed to Victoria Station, London.

He remained there overnight, and, on the morning of the 11th of November, he was finally taken to Westminster Abbey.

The idea of the unknown warrior was thought of by a Padre called David Railton who had served on the front line during the Great War the union flag he had used as an altar cloth whilst at the front, was the one that had been draped over the coffin.

It was his intention that all of the relatives of the 517,773 combatants whose bodies had not been identified could believe that the Unknown Warrior could very well be their lost husband, father, brother or son...

THIS is the reason we wear poppies.

We do not glorify war.

We remember - with humility - the great and the ultimate sacrifices that were made, not just in this war, but in every war and conflict where our service personnel have fought - to ensure the liberty and freedoms that we now take for granted.

Every year, on the 11th of November, we remember the Unknown Warrior.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.

[Hadley Freeman @HadleyFreeman]

This is magnificent. Sinead O’Connor’s 2013 open letter in response to Miley Cyrus saying the video for Wrecking Ball was inspired by O’Connor https://t.co/wf02sZGnAY

[Andy McDonald MP for Middlesbrough & Thornaby East @AndyMcDonaldMP]

Sainsbury's CEO Simon Roberts total pay for 2022/23 was £4.9m.

On a 40 hour week, that's over £2k/hour.

His lowest-paid workers earn just £11/hour.

I asked how on earth that's justifiable, especially during a cost of living crisis.

The silence was deafening.

[Meena Dhawan BEM @Minsie28]

@CTDTiles A huge shout out to Jake at your Whetstone branch for his excellent customer service. Polite, courteous, helpful, professional and all with a big smile. Deserves a raise !

[Shobhaa De @DeShobhaa]

What a commercial! Such powerful and positive messaging! Says so much more than all those annoying “woke” platitudes!
⁦@Nike⁩
#justdoit

[Meena Dhawan BEM @Minsie28]

What a fantastic idea !!

[Maarten VdA @maartenvda]

A Dutch supermarket chain introduced slow checkouts for people who enjoy chatting, helping many people, especially the elderly, deal with loneliness.
The move has proven so successful that they installed the slow checkouts in 200 stores.

[Meena Dhawan BEM @Minsie28]

Goodbye and Good Riddance to 2022 … Hello and Welcome 2023 🥳🎊🎉

[Meena Dhawan BEM @Minsie28]

Merry Christmas to all those celebrating today. Wishing peace, joy, good health, love and kindness in the New Year. God bless us all🙏

[Meena Dhawan BEM @Minsie28]

This breaks my heart .. 💔

[Shabnam Nasimi @NasimiShabnam]

Girls crying in agony as they’re told that they will have to leave the university & go home as the Taliban have BANNED female university education in Afghanistan.

Painful to hear. How can we sit idly by as millions of girls are denied their human rights.

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

Strap in, we’re going on a ride from Westminster to the Isle of Man. This is the story of Michelle Mone and that £29m.

[Meena Dhawan BEM @Minsie28]

@piersmorgan @champneys I would like to nominate Taz Khan & Suzy Jakeman from London Community Kitchen for opening a food bank in March 2020 & keeping it going every day for 2 years inc Xmas Day to feed the homeless & needy. Now expanded into schools to feed children too !

[Jo Grady @DrJoGrady]

RT if you aren’t having MPs who have been given a £20,000 pay increase over the last 12 years telling nurses, rail workers, posties and university workers that they shouldn’t demand better.

[GB News @GBNEWS]

'Ngozi Fulani is a complete and utter hypocrite,' says Nana Akua

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[Meena Dhawan BEM @Minsie28]

Happy Diwali to all celebrating today 🪔

[Meena Dhawan BEM @Minsie28]

Boris pulls out of the Tory Leadership race .. Early Diwali present for Rishi Sunak !! Congratulations!