Historic carriage on display

The historic train van used to transport the Unknown Warrior back to England will also be on display at the weekend. Curate at St Mary and St Eanswythe Parish Church in Folkestone, Rev David Railton, came up with the idea for the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey after digging war graves in France. The van, which has been on display at Folkestone Harbour Arm this week, was also used in the repatriation of the remains of Captain Charles Fryatt, a British mariner executed by the Germans for attempting to ram a U-boat in 1915, and nurse Edith Cavell, who was shot by the Germans in Belgium in 1915.

The Cavell Van is normally to be found at Bodiam Station, on the Kent and East Sussex Railway, and it will return to Tenterden Town Station for public display on Sunday 11, November from 10.30am to 12.30pm. Admission is free. More infoabout the history of the Cavell Van, visit kesr.org.uk

The Cavell Van, which carried the Unknown Warrior