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The Cenotaph is a war memorial on Whitehall in London, England. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, it was unveiled in 1920 as the United Kingdom's national memorial to the dead of Britain and the British Empire of the First World War, was rededicated in 1946 to include those of the Second World War, and has since come to represent the Commonwealth casualties from those and subsequent conflicts.
Southampton Cenotaph is a First World War memorial designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and located in Watts Park in the southern English city of Southampton.The memorial was the first of dozens by Lutyens to be built in permanent form and it influenced his later designs, including the Cenotaph in London.
Macclesfield Cenotaph is a World War I memorial in Park Green, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It was unveiled in 1921, and consists of a stone pillar and pedestal and three bronze statues. One statue is that of a mourning female, and the others comprise Britannia laying a wreath over a soldier who had died from gassing, an unusual subject for ...
Lewes War Memorial; Liverpool Cenotaph; Livesey Hall War Memorial; London and North Western Railway War Memorial; London Troops War Memorial; London, Brighton and South Coast Railway War Memorial; Loughborough Carillon; Lower Swell War Memorial; Macclesfield War Memorial; Machine Gun Corps Memorial; Malvern Wells War Memorial; Manchester ...
Harrogate War Memorial, also known colloquially as Harrogate Cenotaph, in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, was designed by Ernest Prestwich and unveiled by Henry Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood in 1923, in the presence of 10,000 people. It was said to be one of the last of England's outdoor war memorials to be unveiled, following the First ...
Norwich War Memorial (also known as Norwich City War Memorial or Norwich Cenotaph) is a First World War memorial in Norwich in Eastern England. It was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the last of his eight cenotaphs to be erected in England. Before Lutyens' involvement, several abandoned proposals had been made for commemorating Norwich's war ...
Rochdale's Cenotaph was spray-painted with "Free Palestine" graffiti on Tuesday, 7 November, footage of the war memorial shows. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said officers are guarding the ...
The service at the Cenotaph in London began at 11 am , with a two-minute silence being observed, after which the Prince of Wales then laid the first wreath on behalf of the Queen. [83] [93] Thousands were able to pay respect to relatives and soldiers killed in the war during a march past the memorial. [94]