Cenotaph

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cenotaph monument war memorial

The Cenotaph is a prominent war memorial in London that serves as the United Kingdom’s primary national monument to those who died in the World Wars and later conflicts.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Cenotaph, Whitehall	2
Albert Square war memorial	1
Cenotaph canonical	1
The Cenotaph	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cenotaph ⓘ monument ⓘ war memorial ⓘ
annualEventHeld	laying of wreaths by political leaders ⓘ laying of wreaths by the monarch ⓘ march-past of veterans ⓘ two-minute silence on Remembrance Sunday ⓘ
associatedWith	British Armed Forces ⓘ Royal British Legion ⓘ
category	World War I memorials in England ⓘ World War II memorials in England ⓘ
city	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
commemorates	British and Commonwealth military personnel killed in war ⓘ civilian casualties of war ⓘ
commemoratesConflict	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War later conflicts ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
designer	Edwin Lutyens ⓘ
designFeature	flags carved in stone and real flags hung on either side ⓘ subtle entasis and curvature in its lines ⓘ
governingBody	UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport ⓘ surface form: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
hasFlag	British Red Ensign ⓘ surface form: Red Ensign RAF ensign ⓘ surface form: Royal Air Force Ensign Union Flag ⓘ White Ensign ⓘ
hasNoNamesInscribed	true ⓘ
height	about 11 metres ⓘ
heritageStatus	Grade I listed building ⓘ
inscription	The Glorious Dead ⓘ
inspired	other cenotaphs and war memorials in the Commonwealth ⓘ
latitude	51.5033 N ⓘ
location	Whitehall, London ⓘ
longitude	0.1276 W ⓘ
material	Portland stone ⓘ
near	Downing Street ⓘ Palace of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Houses of Parliament Ministry of Defence Main Building, Whitehall ⓘ surface form: Ministry of Defence Main Building
originalTemporaryStructureUnveiledOn	19 July 1919 ⓘ
owner	His Majesty’s Government ⓘ
primaryNationalWarMemorialOf	United Kingdom ⓘ
purpose	commemoration of war dead ⓘ
street	Whitehall ⓘ
symbolism	empty tomb representing the absent dead ⓘ
unveiledOn	11 November 1920 ⓘ
usedFor	Remembrance Day (United Kingdom) ⓘ surface form: National Service of Remembrance Remembrance Sunday national service ⓘ surface form: Remembrance Sunday ceremony

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Whitehall street → hasLandmark → Cenotaph ⓘ

subject surface form: Whitehall

Earl Haig Memorial (nearby on Whitehall) → locatedNear → Cenotaph ⓘ

subject surface form: Earl Haig Memorial

this entity surface form: Cenotaph, Whitehall

Albert Square → hasCentralFeature → Cenotaph ⓘ

this entity surface form: Albert Square war memorial

Horse Guards Avenue → near → Cenotaph ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Cenotaph

Women of World War II memorial → near → Cenotaph ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cenotaph, Whitehall