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English: The Cenotaph in London is pictured surrounded by wreaths of poppies following the Remembrance Day Parade in 2010.

The Cenotaph in Whitehall, London has played host to the Remembrance Service for the past nine decades.

Originally intended as a small part of the Peace Day events of July 1919, The Cenotaph was designed and built by Edwin Lutyens at the request of the then Prime Minister Lloyd George

The Cenotaph - which literally means Empty Tomb in Greek - was initially a wood and plaster construction intended for the first anniversary of the Armistice in 1919. At its unveiling the base of the monument was spontaneously covered in wreaths to the dead and missing from The Great War. Such was the extent of public enthusiasm for the construction it was decided that The Cenotaph should become a permanent and lasting memorial.

The Cenotaph, made from Portland stone, was unveiled in 1920. The inscription reads simply "The Glorious Dead".

  • Organization: MOD
  • Object Name: DP10_0132F_070
  • Supplemental Categories: People, Remembrance
  • Keywords: Occasion, Remembrance, Day, Sunday, Poppy, Wreath, Wreaths, Cenotaph, London
  • Country: England
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