So that we ne'er forget hundreds of thousand men
Laid in the fields of France by the guns of war
An unknown soldier lies, brought back to English shores
He symbolised the grief that a nation feels
Bugles have blown the truce, two years of peace have reigned
Hoppies in bloom again over Flanders battlefields
That unknown soldier they raised from the fields of France
Laid him amongst kings under English skies
Gone to be a soldier, to keep our England free
Buried as a hero, give it all for victory
Give it all for victory
But peace was not to last
Europe at war again
Armies would march once more through Flanders battlefields
Hundreds of thousand sons followed their father's steps
To die on foreign soil for England's cause
Gone to be a soldier, to keep our England free
Buried as a hero, give it all for victory
Give it all for victory
Peace is our victory
Long may our England be
Free from oppression and from the guns of war
But let us not forget
Hundreds of thousand men
Who gave the greatest gift that a man can give
Gone to be a soldier, to keep our England free
Buried as a hero, give it all for victory
Give it all for victory
Gone to be a soldier
Gone to be a soldier
Gone to be a soldier
Gone to be a soldier
Gone to be a soldier