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The Cenotaph is a war memorial constructed in 1923 and located between Statue Square and the City Hall in Central, Hong Kong, [1] that commemorates the dead in the two world wars [2] who served in Hong Kong in the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force.
The ceremony at the Cenotaph in November 2010. The National Service of Remembrance is held every year on Remembrance Sunday at the Cenotaph on Whitehall, London.It commemorates "the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts". [1]
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.
War memorial honouring Britain’s fallen soldiers designed by Sir Edward Lutyens in 1920 and has stood as centrepiece of National Service of Remembrance ever since
Watch as Britain marks Remembrance Sunday at the Cenotaph on Whitehall, commemorating British military service members who died in both World Wars and later conflicts. The nation fell silent on ...
The Remembrance Sunday events take place at the Cenotaph, with royals, senior politicians and veterans in attendance. In a post on Twitter/X, Mr Sunak said Saturday’s planned protest was ...
The memorial ceremonies of Remembrance Day were originally celebrated in three locations: the Hong Kong Zoo, Statue Square, and St. John's Cathedral. Since 1981, the ceremonies were combined and celebrated at Statue Square, where the Cenotaph was located. Originally, only 1914-1918 was engraved on the Cenotaph as the duration of World War I.
Watch a view of the Cenotaph in London on Remembrance Day, where a two minutes' silence was held peacefully at 11:00am. Police are braced for hundreds of thousands of people descending on the ...