The Cenotaph
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| Artists | Edwin Lutyens |
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| Francis Derwent Wood | |
| Address | Whitehall, Westminster, London SW1A 2ET, United Kingdom |
| Opened | November 11, 1920 |
| Hours | Open now |
| Unveiled | 11 November 1920; 98 years ago |
| Architects | Edwin Lutyens |
| Did you know | Services of Remembrance are held at war memorials and cenotaphs throughout Britain and the Commonwealth nations. |
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| ID | 1335395 |
About The Cenotaph
The Cenotaph is a war memorial on Whitehall in London, England. Its origin is in a temporary structure erected for a peace parade following the end of the First World War, and after an outpouring of . . .
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King Charles III: BBC film goes behind scenes of first year
... " The King s first 12 months as monarch were filled with events including Remembrance Sunday at The Cenotaph, a state visit by the South African president, his first Christmas broadcast, Royal Ascot, Trooping the Colour and an overseas visit to Germany...
How David Cameron made his shock comeback to frontline politics
... On Sunday, when they stood together in the line-up of prime ministers at the Remembrance Day ceremony at The Cenotaph, there was no sign that both had already agreed on the political bombshell that would drop the very next day...
Three arrested after alleged hate crime at Waterloo
... Meanwhile counter-protesters - who included some far-right groups - clashed with police near The Cenotaph war memorial...
More powers for policing protests considered by government
... The Metropolitan Police said 145 people were arrested - the " vast majority" of whom were counter-protesters near The Cenotaph war memorial - and nine officers were injured...
London protests: Seven charged and 145 arrested as police appeals continue
... He added that " EDL [English Defence League] thugs attacking police and trespassing on The Cenotaph" war memorial had disrespected the honour of the UK s armed forces...
Remembrance Day: King Charles leads wreath-laying on Whitehall
... As they pass The Cenotaph - Whitehall s 103-year-old war memorial - heads swing left in unison, some give a sharp salute...
Remembrance Sunday: King Charles to lead memorial service at Cenotaph
...By Thomas MackintoshBBC NewsKing Charles is set to lead the National Service of Remembrance at The Cenotaph in central London later...
Rishi Sunak condemns violence on day of protests in London
... Scuffles first broke out shortly after 10:00 GMT as police attempted to stop a crowd of people carrying St George s flags marching along Embankment towards Whitehall where The Cenotaph - the 103-year-old war memorial - is located...
Remembrance Day: King Charles leads wreath-laying on Whitehall
By Jonny DymondRoyal correspondent on Whitehall
For One Day a year The Hustle and bustle of London's Whitehall - gawking tourists, chanting protestors and hooting taxis - is Swept Away and in its place a very different slice of Britain descends.
On Sunday came military veterans, lots of them, in blazers and berets, well-shined shoes and crisply-creased trousers, with nods to old comrades and regimental rivals.
Here were families making sure their loved ones were remembered and here were people who had come to see The Spectacle , but also to pay their respects.
The Crowd That lines Whitehall on these Remembrance Sundays do not all dress up for the occasion. But this is a Britain with Sunday-best manners, polite and orderly, this is A Day of unity in divided times.
The hinge of This Day is the Eleventh Hour - That time on 11 November 1918 when four terrible years of slaughter came to end.
The two minutes' silence That falls after Big Ben sounds sees faces long with memory and grief, none more so than The King , a single poppy blazing out from the blue-grey lapel of his greatcoat.
A command is barked into the thick Cold Air : " Stand At Ease , stand easy. " The troops settle a little.
And Then begins the Beating Heart of The Day , The Parade of veterans, in berets and bowler hats, sometimes in wheelchairs and sometimes led by guide dogs.
Their march not quite as steady as it once was, but their pride shining out like the medals across their chests.
As they pass The Cenotaph - Whitehall 's 103-year-old War Memorial - Heads Swing Left in unison, some give a sharp salute.
And, as they pass, they yield up their ring of poppies, which is taken to The Base of The Cenotaph and laid gently down, The Ring of red around the simple monument gradually becoming a long carpet of remembrance.
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