On top was placed a crusaders sword and a shield on which was inscribed:

On the morning of the 8th November, a specially designed coffin made of oak from the grounds of Hampton Court arrived and the Unknown Warrior was placed inside. The other three were reburied.Ī French Honour Guard was selected and stood by the coffin overnight of the chosen soldier. Sentries were posted and Brigadier-General Wyatt and a Colonel Gell selected one body at random.

Once there, the bodies were draped with the union flag. The bodies were taken by field ambulance to GHQ at St-Pol-Sur-Ter Noise. None of the soldiers who did the digging were told why. It is expected the first phase of homes will be released for sale this summer, with the first residents moving into their new properties in the autumn.Ī school is also being built on the development, which is due to open in September 2023.ĭandara will be building a mix of one and two bedroom apartments along with two, three and four bedroom houses, which will be transferred to its housing association partner on the development Cardiff Community Housing Association CCHA.On November 7th, 1920, in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the Asine and the Somme. Cardiff is a great city, and Sant Silian will be a flagship development in the area.' 'We'll be building two, three and four-bedroom family homes, continuing our focus on thoughtful design with high specification, quality building and a good understanding of the hopes, dreams and desires of our homebuyers. Tracey Gallacher-Thresh, sales and marketing director at Dandara Wales & West, said: 'It's fantastic to see construction work start at Sant Silian. Sant Silian is part of a wider development that includes a school, allotments, and a park alongside the Rhymney River. Construction has officially started at a 144-home development in Cardiff by housebuilder Dandara.įollowing the acquisition of the land in February 2022, Dandara's Wales & West Division is building the homes on its nine-acre site in the north-east of the city.

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