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6 - The Monarchy’s Role in Sacralising Post-War Commemoration

from Part III - The Unknown Soldier

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2021

Heather Jones
Heather Jones
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University College London
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Summary

This chapter looks at how the monarchy became central to the British commemoration of the First World War and how this provided it with a long-term role into the interwar period that effectively continued to sacralise it. It examines the impact of the monarchy’s First World War role upon the 1936 abdication crisis.

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First World Warmonarchyburial of the Unknown Soldierwar commemoration
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For King and Country
The British Monarchy and the First World War
 , pp. 361 - 404
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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