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Show Responsible for Idea of "Unknown Soldier" Ferhaps no movement haa ever appealed ap-pealed more strongly to the imagination imagina-tion of the world than the suggestion of bestowing honor on the dead who died for their country by paying homage hom-age to the "Unknown Soldier." Yet It was not till the American advertising clubs visited England this summer that the name of the mun who conceived con-ceived this great Idea Was niade pub-lie. pub-lie. Rev. David Itiilllon, vicar of Margate Mar-gate parish church, a modest parson, originated this now internationally adopted ceremony after he had ofll-elated ofll-elated at the burial of so many unidentified uniden-tified deud on the battlefields of France. It took months of insistent hard work on his part to persuade the British government to adopt his plan, for officialdom never understands human hu-man nature or Its needs. Dnvld nail-ton nail-ton deserves a niche, too, in the temple tem-ple of fame, though, his work done, he prefers to remain an unknown soldier. |