The Cenotaph (London)

GPTKB entity

Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:monument
gptkbp:annualEvent gptkb:Remembrance_Sunday
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:designer gptkb:Edwin_Lutyens
gptkbp:features no religious symbols
flags of the United Kingdom and armed services
gptkbp:height 11 metres
gptkbp:heritageStatus Grade I listed building
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Cenotaph (London)
gptkbp:inscription gptkb:The_Glorious_Dead
gptkbp:inspiredBy other cenotaphs worldwide
gptkbp:latitude 51.5047
gptkbp:location Whitehall, London
gptkbp:longitude -0.1267
gptkbp:maintainedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:material Portland stone
gptkbp:notableEvent site of annual National Service of Remembrance
gptkbp:originallyBuiltAs gptkb:First_World_War
gptkbp:purpose commemoration of British and Commonwealth military personnel killed in the First World War and later conflicts
gptkbp:replacedBy temporary wood and plaster cenotaph (1919)
gptkbp:unveiled 11 November 1920
gptkbp:usedFor national remembrance ceremonies
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:World_War_II_memorials
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7