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
LMS Patriot Class 5551 The Unknown Warrior 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. However, because of the need to change contractors for the engine's boiler after Crewe withdrew its contract due to a shortage of boilersmiths, the earliest that the engine will steam would be autumn 2019. The engine like 60163 Tornado and fellow Llangollen based new build locomotive 6880 Betton Grange is being built for mainline running. LMS Patriot Class 5551 The Unknown Warrior No.5551 "The Unknown Warrior" is a steam locomotive which is under construction as a "new-build" project, based on the Llangollen Railway in Denbighshire, Wales. Unlike other new builds