Every Royal brides bouquet is always placed on the tomb of the unknown warrior after their wedding, a tradition I love.

@joemuir2575

Жыл бұрын

Amazing

@Bridget410

Жыл бұрын

Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyons placed her Bouquet on the Unknown Warrior Tomb as she entered Westminster Abbey to marry the Duke of York in 1923. Her brother Fergus had been killed in the war, in 1915. All Royal brides since have placed or sent their bouquets to the tomb.

@mariahoulihan9483

4 ай бұрын

mainly sent because of course they go back to Buckingham Palace for the photos. @@Bridget410

Nobody walks across the tomb of the Unknown Warrior, not even royalty. I find it immensely moving that even Royal weddings and funerals have to walk round it. The tomb is the symbol for all those who never made it home, and it is treated with the utmost respect.

60 year old man here and just as emotional as you were . The freedoms we have today are because of those who sacrificed there lives . Love and respect from the uk

@Bushcamper4Sale

Жыл бұрын

Dude - if you think we have freedoms you're deluded. Turn of the 20th century - that was freedom in England. Downhill from there.

It is not by bragging or boasting, but through humility and reverence we find our strength

The sea of red were ceramic poppies made and placed around the old moat of The Tower of London in 2014 to commemorate the centenary of the start of World War 1.There were nearly 900,000 poppies, one for each member of the armed forces of Britain and the Commonwealth killed. Thank you for your reaction, we remember all service personnel who fought in all wars on 11th November every year, “when you go home tell them of us, and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today”. Lest we forget.

@14percentviking

Жыл бұрын

I own one of those exact poppies. A privilege

@sueflynn9886

Жыл бұрын

Me too, I bought one for each of my children too x

@michellepollard3591

Жыл бұрын

Lest We Forget.

@mattevans5631

Жыл бұрын

They were made in my city Stoke-on Trent

@sethjr9815

Жыл бұрын

Australia is the same I tried to find him in the Canberra war memorial and place a poppy next to his name, but for the life of me just couldn’t find him, we being through so much, he would be 40 this year, we made sure we found the targets

Many years ago I personally knew an old lady who lost all her 3 sons, and her only children in that war. How she carried on I'll never know. 😢😢❤️

@harrietkinloch7451

Жыл бұрын

With sorrow, but great pride in her sons.

@ianbanks2844

Жыл бұрын

@@harrietkinloch7451 well said

@susanvanderbilt358

3 ай бұрын

Like lots of families in uk Ireland Europe too .. ( probably) the reason it annoyed me so much over .. Savin private Ryan.. I didn’t like the film.. but, typical of USA makin it yet again bout themselves!

There's only 2 types of people in this world, good and bad, the rest doesn't matter, from your reaction I can see you are a genuinely good person and I thank you as an English man for listening to and understanding the truth, something people seem hell bent on not doing these days because it just doesn't fit their agendas

A lot of grandparents talk about this. No one knew who it was so all those who lost someone knew that, THAT soldier could have been their loved one. They could mourn their lost love. Even if it wasn't the body of their relative. This one soldier symbolised all the lost soldiers who would never come home.

We have always fought for the peoples freedom, not just our own. I hope we never forget this crusade.

Not an easy video to react to, but your tears said everything.

He's a symbol to all unknown soldiers that remain in cemetery's and on the battlefield, whoever he was he has been honoured and will be treated like the Icon he deserves to be, sadly we will never know who's body lies in Westminster and every family that lost a loved one in this war and has no Idea of what happened to them, this man could be Thier family member and so is honouring all lost soldiers.

@ShanghaiRooster

Жыл бұрын

As the graves of unknown servicemen in France are inscribed (the words by Rudyard Kipling, who lost his own son in the war), "A British Soldier, known unto God".

Nice reaction,(I'm used to your crazy laugh.) Total respect to you for showing obvious respect to a lot of fallen people! ♥️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

Great reaction, many thanks. One important correction. It's not an unknown soldier but an unknown warrior. They have no idea if its Army, Navy of Air Corp. The reason they chose the four military personnel.

@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS

Жыл бұрын

@TonyHayes thanks I went ahead and corrected it hope you have a good day. 🥰🥰🥰

@davidsweeney4021

Жыл бұрын

I read a reaction on another video where the lady had seen all the bouquets from the late Queen's to the now Princess of Wales, amazing.

Bet they're all turning in their graves at the state our country today ...they gave the ultimate sacrifice...God bless them all... heroes every single one of them ❤️

@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS

Жыл бұрын

@nigelbase I agree with that 100%.. have a great day 🥰🥰

@boxtradums0073

Жыл бұрын

To think during the BLM riots a little white kid peed on the cenotaph in brod daylight 🤮. I’m a Scottish nationalist and can’t wait for the end of the UK but the world war deaths are sacred and I include the commonwealth.

I was born in London and visited the tomb of the unknown soldier as a small child, and not just once, but every time we were in the city. I knew the story from the very first visit, have seen this film numerous times before and yet I still have tears streaming down my face watching this. As a child I always wanted to visit the tomb because I hated the thought that there were brave soldiers buried in graves that weren't named so couldn't be visited by loved ones. To me, as a child, visiting this grave told all of these men that they weren't forgotten and weren't just left alone on foreign soil. With age, I realised that the importance of this tomb, though, was more about those left behind than the brave soldiers who had given their lives; with the soldier being truly unknown, from an unknown battlefield, he 'could' be any British soldier who died during WWI. It gave all those bereaved families who had no known gravesite that they could visit, somewhere they could go to, to talk to their loved one, somewhere to take flowers to, somewhere to focus there loss beyond just a telegram informing them that their son, brother, husband, father was MIA presumed dead. Not only that, but seeing the honours and respect the Unknown Soldier was given, from being exhumed from his temporary grave, at every step of his journey right down to having the most prestigious and honoured burial place in Westminster Abbey, told these grieving families how much their loved ones sacrifice was respected by the entire country, not just one man, but all of those still considered MIA because there was no known gravesite. Visiting the grave is so humbling, but so peaceful. RIP to all those who gave their lives in all wars 🙏🏻

Each red poppy at the end one is placed for every soldier that died.

When we do things like this, nobody does it better 🇬🇧

Your honest tears said everything …thank you for being so respectful

In the UK It is Not unknown Soldier. It is unknown Warrior. Because it is not known which of the services he came from. In the USA they have unknown Soldier.

@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS

Жыл бұрын

Thanks @GrahamSmith I went and corrected it. 🥰🥰

My Great uncle was killed in in France in 1914 along with two others, they were buried together, but the next day heavy German bombardment obliterated the small cemetery, so they now have know graves, so every 11th November I still place a poppy on the local war memorial so he is not forgotten.

God bless you treacle! And God bless the unknown soldier!!

@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS

Жыл бұрын

🥰🥰

You articulate beautifully what so many of us think. You truly are a caring sharing lady🙂

Thank you for the video. My grandfather fought in the First World War, was gassed but survived. Some of the older people I worked with in the 1960's had unusual middle names, they were named by their parents after friends or relatives that died in the Great War. I am proud of my Grandfather , he was in the Tank Corp in first Tank Battle in the world. My father was a navigator in Mosquitoes in the second world war and I bear the first two names , Keith Robert, of his pilot Keith Robert McCormick RCAF 410 Squadron who died in a plane crash where he saved my fathers life in 1944. Gone but not forgotten!

Damn!!!! I am proud to have worn the Uniform of my sovereign Queen Elizabeth II. I am so proud to have been born BRITISH!

Lovely reaction…. Thank you xx

LEST WE FORGET.

@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS

Жыл бұрын

“And in the morning we will remember them” 🥰🥰

Unknown, but known to everyone. God Bless Island Girl.

@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS

Жыл бұрын

So true 🥰🥰

@susanwinn4478

Жыл бұрын

Only after they were re-buried

I’m in tears already. It’s been years since my mother told me about some of this but I’d forgotten much of it. My heart is full.

😔 A hard one to watch…but so necessary to remember. Thanks for doing this one…we all need to remember.

@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS

Жыл бұрын

Indeed 🥰🥰

It's called "The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior" because there is an outside chance that he may have been an airman and if he had been an airman of the Royal Naval Air Service, technically he would have been a sailor. Hence "Warrior" not "Soldier." Statistically he probably was a soldier but nobody knows of course.

These poppies were made from China each one was hand made and represents every single soldier that fell on the battlefields of Flanders during the 1914/18 war. These men were from both sides of the fight. Another video you need to check out on this theme of WW1 was when the first Christmas came about in the trenches bot the British and German soldiers actually could be heard singing carol's across the e battle fields no man's land. They then decided to have a game of football on Christmas day so both German and British troops came up out of the trenches and played a match between them had a beer and celebrated Christmas together. Then the following day got back in their trenches and started fighting eachother again! World war 1 was the biggest waste of life of any war up to then and any war since. Their was the biggest loss of life of any war in one battle at Paschendale Another video to check out in a national commemorative occasion is remembrance Sunday procession held at the Cenotaph in London England outside Whitehall. This is when Britain remembers it's war dead from all over the former empire this is one really special occasion every single yr held on 11 hour of the 11 day of the 11 month the exact day hour and month to the day when the guns fell silent in 1918. There is no other occasion in the world that compares to the Cenotaph in London England

@billydonaldson6483

Жыл бұрын

The poppy numbers only represented the British and Commonwealth losses not those of the opponents.

@britbazza3568

Жыл бұрын

@@billydonaldson6483 I hear it was to commemorate all those who fell at Paschendale battlefield Ypres battlefield and Flanders on both sides German and allied forces

@hablamosmalinois9767

Жыл бұрын

There is one event that is even more impressive. The last post in Ieper every night at the Menenpoort.

@arwelp

11 ай бұрын

@@billydonaldson6483There were 888,246 ceramic poppies in the moat.

@paulinetill1043

2 ай бұрын

@@britbazza3568 No the poppy were for British and Commonwealth losses only also the Poppies were handmade in Studio's in Derbyshire and Stoke on Trent in England all 888,246 of them one for every British and Commonwealth life lost. They were not made in China

i ca n watch this girls videos all day, she goes from joy to humility and sadness through the videos she watches.....top girl....

@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS

Жыл бұрын

@PhilHarris awww thank your for your kind words and for supporting my channel 🥰🥰 have a wonderful day one love 🥰🥰

Proud Mum of a serving Royal Marine who was part of the funeral procession for our late Queen Elizabeth... I learnt of the unknown warrior during my childhood and understood it's importance to our Nation and especially for our brave young men and women who gave/gives the life to our wonderful armed forces...

I have cried so many times am a British Veteran noo

Could be my great uncle Tom, killed at the Somme 1916. Body never recovered. Statistically wildly improbable, but something that my Nan could take pride in. She wasn't daft: she knew the odds that that wasn't her brother - but it could have been, and that was a comfort. I worked in London in the 1970s, within walking distance of Westminster Abbey, and often went there: the tomb is unguarded, and right in the main entrance: it would be easy to step on, even accidentally. No one ever does. Even now, it is revered and respected, as it should be.

My great uncle still lays in somewhere in Flanders fields, 'he went over the top' in 1917 and was never seen again, his body was never recovered. The only time I saw my hard nosed grandmother cry was when she talked about her 'baby brother'. She polished his death penny everyday, so much so that his name is barely visible now.

@Archris17

Жыл бұрын

My family were among the lucky ones... My great, great grandpa served with the artillery, so he never had to go over the top and 'only' needed to worry about counter-battery fire. After the war, he was broke and homeless and had to sell his service medals to get by...

thank you for showing such respect

Many thanks for posting this . Just like you I was deeply affected and with so many of my famiily predecessors and their relatives having served in the armed forces it was very personal . Once again many thanks Island Girl from Manchester , England .

Watching you love Britain so, makes me appreciate my country more. Thank you!

I cry every time I hear The Last Post. (the bugle tune starting around 13:20)

@susanwinn4478

Жыл бұрын

And Nimrod too, a wonderful piece of music

Loving your reactions, SHORT STORY my grandad was in the First World War, he A was a 16 year old miner from Denaby Main South Yorkshire, and worked with the pit ponies from aged thirteen at Denaby pit, so when the wAr happened it was a way out. He lied about his Age to join up and ended up working with the horses taking munitions to the front. He used to work with pit ponies underground p,. He knew about gas. And vowed never to leave Deana your again if he survived. As n aside five of his friends went with him one friend was caught by his mother and made to stay, all The young miners who got there survived because of their previous experience with gas etc.

@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing. My respects him and his family for his service. Thanks also for enjoying my channel love love 🥰🥰

You seem such a kind, caring lady. Glad I found your site.

Thankyou love, your tears say all. May you live a long and happy life, Take care Gil 🇬🇧❤️

You said enough when you shed a tear. 😢

A very moving and heartfelt reaction, thank you. I'm a 71 year old hardened ex serviceman, but by God do I shed tears whenever I watch this footage. Tears, I might add, that I'm not ashamed of.

Thank you for this video, I can tell from your reaction you are one Lovely Lady.

Nice reaction, teared me up as well. Just for a bit of context. From the almost one million dead British soldiers of WW1 almost half are listed as missing or have no known grave.

@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS

Жыл бұрын

Oh Man 😭. Thanks for sharing 🥰🥰

@barbaradyson6951

Жыл бұрын

Today a waste of life and forgotten. Same as ww2. For what did my father fight and get wounded for. I've been thinking about returning his medals. Cause Britain ISN'T MY COUNTRY ANYMORE. I'M THE WRONG COLOUR.

@bill-wd7zs

Жыл бұрын

@@barbaradyson6951 We have things in common. My parents also served in WW2. My mother in the land army and my father in the Royal Artillery. I went on to serve in the army myself in the 70s and 80s. Rememberance to me I think of my mates who were killed in N Ireland and the Falklands. The younger one I suspect think of their mates from the Iraq war and Afghanistan. I also look at the way the country is now and wonder was it worth it? However many of the men I served with and totally respect were "the wrong colour"

her girl, its not a time for words, videos like this, and thank you for doing it, but its not a time for words, just a time for REFLACTION.

We remember them xxx

@BudA29

5 ай бұрын

WE WILL REMBER THEM , THEIR NAME LIVETH EVERMORE 🙏

Every poppy is a memory of a life given in war and conflicts since 1914. Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red at the Tower of London marked one hundred years since the first full day of Britain's involvement in the First World War. Created by artists Paul Cummins and Tom Piper, 888,246 ceramic poppies progressively filled the Tower's famous moat between July and November 2014. 21,688 people volunteered to install the poppies. Each poppy represented a British military fatality during a.war.

this is the 3rd video I have watched of yours. I am enjoying your channel VERY MUCH. EDIT: I learned something today. I had no idea that the British had a tomb of the unknown soldier. Because I am American, this video, as well as the tomb of the unknown soldier (America) is touching to me. Thank you for sharing this.

Such a special video. Your a beautiful lady god bless you

(nearly weeping) Great reaction vid,

So...once selected at random, the remains were: 1) watched over by a French legion; 2) moved under the vigil of the French infantry during the transfer back to the UK; 3) were piped aboard HMS Verdun using an Admiral's salute 4) taken with an escort of 6 battleships (that's A LOT of firepower) across the Channel 5) taken to Westminster Abbey past thousands of people 6) past the Cenotaph, a memorial to 1.1 million dead, killed during WW1 7) honoured with a wreath laid by the King 8) received by 100 recipients of the VC - as I know you know only 1358 people have EVER received this medal 9) met by 100 widows from the Great War 10) respected by a 7 MILE queue of mourners This was, in all probability, a volunteer - just a person of no import who sacrificed his life, and was so honoured that to this day no-one EVER steps upon his tomb. In tears - thankyou for covering this.

The first Royal bride to place her bouquet was HM Queen Elizabeth,the Queen Mother This could have been one of her brother who was killed but body was not identified. I think it's a lovely tradition.

SOOOOOOOOOOOOO Tearfully moving

I love your channel, you have such a beautiful energy. I personally would love to see you react to some of your Jamaican traditions and explain whats happening and their importance to us x

The Cavell van 132 can be seen. It is preserved at Bodiam station. On the Kent and East Sussex heritage railway.

The first unknown soldier in the world. Adopted by many countries in the world. Mainly in the commonwealth and strangely the USA. Must have thought it was a good idea even though a lot of Americans hate all things British.

The tears that rolled down your face spoke volumes. Love and respect from UK xxxxx

Such a genuine response, to think of what they did is unimaginable to most and we shall always remember.

Bless you 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

The black horse team was selected as the only original team to survive Great War Service in its entirety. It was retired after this ceremony.

@susanwinn4478

Жыл бұрын

But most horses were left at the war zone. It was not believed economic to ship them home

@oldmanriver1955

Жыл бұрын

@@susanwinn4478 Maybe. But this complete team was brought home. Distance from Western Front to Britain not that far and they were needed for farms, etc.

Great reaction but I can't help wishing you had watched the Royal marine's version because it adds some lovely music and narration and some cut scenes from the service of remembrance. Even more moving. I always cry when I watch that one. Perhaps watch it in your own time.

@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS

Жыл бұрын

I went and watched that today after I saw your comment I was weeping so hard. What a video. Thank you. 🥰🥰

@lesley585

Жыл бұрын

@@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS the Festival of Remembrance is full of wonderful moments. There are many videos worth watching. Its broadcast by the BBC from the Royal Albert Hall every November. There are a number of perfomances by a variety of stars and marching bands interspersed with the stories of veterans and their families.Then follows the mustering of representatives of the various branches of the miltary and civilians services and the erection of a drum altar (which you saw in the marines video) and a religious service. It includes a 2 min silence and a poppy drop which is very emotional, Then at the end the national anthem and the troops salute to their monarch and commander in chief. You need a box of tissues handy.

This is why people get so angry at others go out trying to destroy our country's and to take away the freedoms that all these soldiers died for. 😢❣🙏

Thank you 💙🇬🇧

Bless you, you dont have to say anything, your tears said it all-thank you, a Brit.

A lovely respectful reaction, which I expected Nice words at the end

@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS

Жыл бұрын

😊 thank you🥰

thank you.

@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome🥰

To watch this documentary leaves you with a heavy heart to see the heartbreak of a nation. You would think that history would teach us this lesson but alas no . Thank you sister for bringing this to us and thank you for your sincere thoughts .God bless

The Unknown soldier is a powerful symbol. Every parent, wife, son, daughter, brother, sister, etc can visit that tomb today and say a prayer and imagine that tomb represents their lost one and be reminded they died for them and all of us.

If you want a song to react to Island Girl try Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits best song ever written showing the futility of war

@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS

Жыл бұрын

Ok will check that out🥰🥰

Hey girl, I have watched this video, i dont know how man times, there is no where to start, there is nowhere to begin, your country is young, not even 300 years old, we have fought through the centuries, the romans, the saxons vikings, and a few others that want to take this fine country, we have gone through 2 great wars in modern history, the great war and world war 2,

It's a sad fact that a lot of young men fighting in WWI were underage; the youngest aged just 11 even though the legal age was 18. They lied about their age when enlisting because they believed war was glorious and they wanted to do their part, although I do wonder how anyone so young could possibly pass as 18 to the officers signing them up. Sadly thousands of warriors, including many children, never made it home. It's humbling that the Unknown Warrior honours all their sacrifices and brought some form of comfort to the people who tragically never knew what became of their loved ones. Thank you for your heartfelt and beautiful reaction to our Unknown Warrior that reflects the love, honour and respect we have for all our servicemen and women, past and present ❤️

thanks for sharing RIP all lives lost.

@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS

7 ай бұрын

You bet🥰

You now realise why your children should be proud to be British, we still hour these people today, Our beloved Queen never missed putting a wreath on the unknown soldier

lovely reaction and by the way love your jumper.

@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! 😊🥰

The ironwork for the coffin of the Unknown Warrier was made by the Brunswick Iron Works in Caernarfon, North Wales at the request of the then Prime Minister Dafydd Lloyd George.

Great reaction blessings Island Girlz

And another more serious video you might like to react on is The 13 Hours That Saved Britain. It's a long video though so it might pay you to do it in 2 or 3 parts

We remember ✊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 with pride.

My great grandfather was at the battle of the Somme and was gassed and just barley survived and his health was ruined and was only in his late 50's when he passed away and his son my grandfather and all his brothers were in the second world war and my grandfather found his brother in another regiment all shot up in the jungle and was thought to be dead and his regiment had to move out and later either the same day or the next my grandad was leading his men when he literally walked over to a what he thought was a dead man and turned him over to find his baby brother shot up and hardly holding onto life and they were able to get him out and and back to England and he lived another 30 plus years but both the wars ruined countless lives and changed how families will forever look with the relatives who may have been born. We will never forget them and their sacrifice.

The story of the unknown warier fone by her majesty s royal marines in 2021tells the story better with the marines playing and the story telling leaves you in tears a lot better way of telling this story

A soldier not only of Britain but of the commonwealth of all.

Thanks for sharing with us

@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS

Жыл бұрын

You bet!🥰🥰

I think its important for lots of people to remember, especially in todays circumstances, the soldiers who fought for us , weren’t just British born and bred, they came for all across the empire, all colours all religions and ethnicities, they gave their own lives so we can live ours.

and they still have wars, they will never learn. what a waste of life.

@stevetheduck1425

Жыл бұрын

World War I was the last time that the children of the upper or ruling classes were nearly wiped out. Changed nothing, but for the large number of great country houses that stand empty and ruined today.

Unfortunately, because there was not the media coverage of these days, to many it was an adventure and something not to be missed. As the years went on the Forces became more hardened and aware what war really meant. Hundreds, if not thousands, ended up with what we now call PYSD

Thank you.

Hi a very sad one to watch and to think all the people at that time have all gone now to and there's nothing more to say

Bless you sweetheart

Makes me cry ever time I see it ,thinking of my father in law ,Tom Martin 💔💔🇬🇧

The symbolism of poppies is not due to their colour. Their seeds remain dormant for a very long time, and when the ground is disturbed they germinate quickly and grow in abundance ... hence John McCrae’s poem ‘In Flanders Fields’: In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.

Checking in for another reaction video.

As men from the whole commonwealth of nations fought and died together it is sobering to know that the Unkown Warrior could be a black man. A white man. A man from India or any colour known. But this Unkown Warrior belongs to us all. Thank you for your service and sacrifice

The unknown soldier is American. Ours is a warrior. In America, they seem to support the military more than any other branch of the military. Ours is a warrior, so it could be from the army, navy, or airforce.

Respect xxxx😢

And just to remember, there were young 14 and 15yr olds lied about there ages so they could give up their lives for king country and the belief in what was right, god bless you all and thank you.

❤❤❤

Thank you for your tears.

@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS

Жыл бұрын

Any time!🥰🥰