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During [[World War I]] Ryle used to take the midday service of intercession personally, and he was responsible for the many special services held in wartime.
The idea of a Tomb of [[The Unknown Warrior]] was first conceived in 1916 by the Reverend [[David Railton]], who, while serving as an [[Military chaplain|army chaplain]] on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]], had seen a grave marked by a rough cross, which bore the pencil-written legend 'An Unknown British Soldier'. He wrote to Dean Ryle in 1920 proposing that an unidentified [[Armed Forces of the United Kingdom|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 [[British Empire|Empire]] dead. The idea was strongly supported by Ryle and the then Prime Minister [[David Lloyd George|Lloyd George]]. There was initial opposition from [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]] (who feared that such a ceremony would reopen the wounds of a recently concluded war) and others but a surge of emotional support from the great number of bereaved families ensured its adoption. The inscription on the tomb was composed by Ryle.<ref>
Ryle withheld permission for the remains of [[Lord Byron]] to be interred in the Abbey on the grounds that he considered Byron to be an inappropriate person for such an honour.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/oct/18/lordbyron-greece Guardian — Greeks honour fallen hero Byron with a day of his own]</ref>
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*[http://www.westminster-abbey.org/visitor/plan-of-the-abbey/12207 Ryle and [[The Unknown Warrior]] on the [[Westminster Abbey]] website]
*[http://www.westminster-abbey.org/history-research/art-architecture/conservation/13769 Ryle on the [[Westminster Abbey]] website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080919110259/http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/collection/westminster-abbey/features/the-tomb-of-the-unknown-warrior-finished Ryle and The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior]
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/3399166/The-Unknown-Warrior-A-heros-return.html Ryle and [[The Unknown Warrior]] in ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' 8 November 2008]
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