Cenotaph (London)

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:monument
gptkbp:annualEvent gptkb:Armistice_Day
gptkb:Remembrance_Sunday
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:designer gptkb:Edwin_Lutyens
gptkbp:features no religious symbols
flags of the Royal Navy, British Army, Royal Air Force, and Merchant Navy
gptkbp:grades Grade I listed building
gptkbp:height 11 m
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cenotaph (London)
gptkbp:influenced other cenotaphs worldwide
gptkbp:inscription gptkb:The_Glorious_Dead
gptkbp:intendedUse temporary structure for Peace Day 1919
gptkbp:location Whitehall, London
gptkbp:managedBy gptkb:Department_for_Digital,_Culture,_Media_and_Sport
gptkbp:material Portland stone
gptkbp:notableEvent site of national Remembrance Sunday service
gptkbp:ownedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:purpose commemoration of British and Commonwealth military personnel killed in the First World War and later conflicts
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:temporary_Cenotaph_(1919)
gptkbp:unveiled 11 November 1920
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:World_War_I_veterans
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6