The Unknown Warrior conceived in 1916 by the Reverend David Railton, who, while serving as an army chaplain on the Western Front, had seen a grave marked by a rough cross, which bore the pencil-written legend 'An Unknown British Soldier'. He wrote to the Dean of Westminster in 1920 proposing that an unidentified British soldier from the battlefields in France be buried with due ceremony in Westminster Abbey "amongst the kings" to represent the many hundreds of thousands of Empire dead. The idea was strongly supported by the Dean and the Prime Minister David Lloyd George. Arrangements were placed in the hands of
The Calling of the Grave in Dartmoor prison for his crimes, agrees to help the investigation team find the bodies and he is brought out onto the moor. Whilst a dig is ongoing, Monk uses the confusion of finding some bones to make a run for freedom. He is recaptured, returned to prison and the investigation is wound down. Eight years later, Monk escapes from prison and sets about targeting all those who were on that investigation and David Hunter finds himself on Dartmoor once again. The Calling of the Grave The Calling of the Grave is the fourth instalment in the Doctor David Hunter