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Show Responsible for Idea of "Unknoion Soldier" I'eiliiiiis no movement Ims 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 chilis visited England this summer that the name of the man who conceived con-ceived this great idea was made pub-lie. pub-lie. Itev. David Kailton, vicar of Margate Mar-gate parish church, a modest pafcon, originated this now internationally adopted ceremony after he had officiated offi-ciated at the burial of so many unidentified uniden-tified dead on the battlefields of France. It took months of persistent hard work on his part to persuade the British government to adopt his plan, for oflicialdom never understands human hu-man nature or its needs. David Kail-ton Kail-ton deserves a niche, too, in the temple tem-ple of fame, though, his work done, he prefers to remain an unknown soldier. |