Unknown Soldier

English

Etymology

In 1920, following World War I, a monument to an Unknown Warrior was established in London and Paris simultaneously to the common memories of all soldiers killed in any war. Since then, monuments to the Unknown Soldier have been raised in many countries, each containing the body of one such unidentified soldier.

Proper noun

the Unknown Soldier

1. The representative of military personnel who have died unidentified without proper burial, usually in war.

Translations

representative of unidentified fallen soldiers

• Finnish: tuntematon sotilas
• Hungarian: az ismeretlen katona
• Russian: неизве́стный солда́т m (neizvéstnyj soldát)

See also

• Unknown Soldier on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Unknown Warrior (UK)
• Unknowns (US)