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Southampton Cenotaph, viewed from Above Bar St. The memorial stands on the east side of Watts Park, alongside Above Bar Street. It consists of a cenotaph—a pylon surmounted by a sarcophagus bearing a recumbent effigy of a fallen soldier—raised on five stone steps, in front of which is a Stone of Remembrance raised on two further steps.
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.
The statue faces the Southampton Civic Centre, with the Clock Tower playing his ‘Our God, Our Help in Ages Past’ at 8:00, 12:00 and 16:00 daily. The park also houses the Southampton Cenotaph, which was the model for the Whitehall Cenotaph in London. [18]
The cenotaph is in the form of a five-tier tapering stone pylon to a platform topped with a stone sarcophagus, on which is draped a recumbent effigy of a dead soldier. Flanking it to the west is a stone of remembrance and to the north and south flush with the eastern face, two shorter single-tier pillars surmounted by fir cones (symbols of ...
King Charles marked Remembrance Day by laying a poppy wreath at the Cenotaph in London, as he joined the annual ceremony dedicated to remembering the fallen. He was joined by the Prince and ...
There are 20 Grade I listed war memorials in England, out of over 3,000 listed war memorials.In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a building or structure of special historical or architectural importance; listing offers the building legal protection against demolition or modification, which requires permission from the local planning authority.
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 memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, who also designed the cenotaph on Whitehall. Two charged after Rochdale cenotaph daubed with ‘Free Palestine’ graffiti Skip to main content