Chris Fowler, Customer Services Director for Southern, welcomes the poppy train into platform 8 (driven by forces veteran, Marc Stoner)

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Chris Fowler, Customer Services Director for Southern, welcomes the poppy train into platform 8 (driven by forces veteran, Marc Stoner)

In 1920, the body of the British Unknown Warrior arrived on platform 8 at London Victoria Station from Dover at 20:32 on the 10th November and lay there overnight before internment at Westminster Abbey on 11th November.
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Govia Thameslink Railway, Southeastern and Network Rail colleagues at Victoria last night came together for a two minute silence to mark the 100-year anniversary of the British Unknown Warrior’s journey to the station before his burial at Westminster Abbey.
In 1920, the body of the British Unknown Warrior arrived on platform 8 at London Victoria Station from Dover at 20:32 on the 10th November

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