100 years ago, the Unknown Soldier was buried in Brussels | VRT NWS: news

100 years ago, on Armistice Day 1922 the remains of the Unknown Soldier were buried at the Congress Column in Brussels. The Unknown Soldier symbolises all the Belgian soldiers that died during the First World War and whose remains were never identified. Each year on Armistice Day a ceremony is held at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier to remember not only the 40,000 Belgian troops that died during the Great War, 4,000 of whom were not identified, but also the Belgian troops that have lost their li