Cenotaph

A cenotaph is a tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person or group of persons whose remains are elsewhere. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been interred elsewhere.

The word derives from the Greek κενοτάϕιον (kenos, one meaning being "empty", and taphos, "tomb"). Although the vast majority of cenotaphs are erected in honour of individuals, many of the best-known cenotaphs are instead dedicated to the memories of groups of individuals, such as the war dead of one country or empire.

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Martin Tiedemann
29 May 2012
11 November: Remember the Glorious Dead. The monument was designed in Portland stone by the imperial architect Lutyens & finished in 1920. It is a Grade I-listed structure & bears little decoration.
Natasha 'Tashster' Brassington
It isn't every day you get to stand at barriers positioned around the cenotaph and see our Prime Minister David Cameron walk past you and upto this war memorial :D It could happen for you others too.
Dave Marshall
12 September 2015
Stark plain design makes it all the more poignant.
HISTORY UK
14 February 2011
Sir Edwin Lutyens memorial of Portland Stone to the war dead was unveiled in 1920. Its name means ‘empty tomb’, from the Greek kenos (empty) and taphos (tomb).
Paul Litten
9 November 2014
The remembrance it portrays
Louise de Paus
28 November 2016
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