The Daily Telegraph

A MOVING MOMENT.

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Boulogne was in readiness for the coming of the King and Queen, aquiver with suppressed excitement. With full and grateful hearts the townspeopl­e had watched the departure of the body of the Unknown Warrior for his niche of immortalit­y in Westminste­r Abbey; to-day they gathered in their thousands to watch the departure of the King and Queen after the visits to the graves of the warriors who are known. Before coming to Terlincthu­n the King visited the large cemetery at Etaples, which skirts the railway, and is a reminder to British people travelling to and from Paris of the British sacrifices. Here about 11,000 of our men are buried. A touching incident marked the visit, which deeply impressed those who accompanie­d his Majesty. The mother of a soldier, Sergt. Matthews, who is buried there, sent a bouquet of forget-menots to the Queen, was in Brussels, and expressed a wish that they be placed on his grave. Her wish was fulfilled. His Majesty found the grave and piously laid the flowers upon it.

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