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== Unknown soldier ==
[[File:Canada's unknown original grave site.jpg|thumb|left|upright|The stone at the original grave site of Canada's Unknown Soldier at Cabaret Rouge Cemetery near Souchez, France]]
The body of the soldier was formerly buried in Plot 8, Row E, Grave 7, of the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery in [[Souchez]], [[France]], near the memorial at [[Vimy Ridge]], the site of [[Battle of Vimy Ridge|the first major battle]] where Canadian troops fought as a combined force. At the request of the [[Government of Canada|Canadian government]], the [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]] selected one of the 1,603 graves of unknown Canadians buried in the vicinity of Vimy Ridge. The remains of the soldier were exhumed on the morning of May 16, 2000, and the coffin was flown in a [[Canadian Forces]] aircraft to Ottawa on May 25, accompanied by a guard of honour, a chaplain, [[Royal Canadian Legion]] veterans, and representatives of Canadian youth
On the afternoon of May 28, the body of the unknown soldier was transported from [[Parliament Hill]] to the National War Memorial on a horse-drawn gun carriage provided by the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] (RCMP). [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] [[Adrienne Clarkson]] and [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Jean Chrétien]], as well as veterans, Canadian Forces personnel, and members of the RCMP, were in the funeral procession. Then, with appropriate ceremony, the body of the unknown soldier was re-interred in a [[sarcophagus]] in front of the War Memorial.
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