The Cenotaph, Whitehall The Cenotaph, Whitehall The Cenotaph is a war memorial on Whitehall in London, England. Its origin is in a temporary structure erected for a peace parade following the end of the First World War, and after an outpouring of national sentiment it was replaced in 1920 by a permanent structure and designated the United Kingdom's official national war memorial. Designed by Edwin Lutyens, the permanent structure was built from Portland stone between 1919 and 1920 by Holland, Hannen & Cubitts, replacing Lutyens' earlier wood-and-plaster cenotaph in the same location. An annual Service of Remembrance is held at the site on
Southampton Cenotaph who had died in later conflicts. The Memorial Wall included a total of 2,368 names from the First World War, 927 from the Second World War and four from subsequent conflicts. This addition to the Cenotaph was opened on 11 December 2011. A small memorial, consisting of a cast metal plaque mounted on a concrete plinth, situated in one corner of the square, commemorates four men from Southampton killed fighting in the International Brigades in the Civil War in Spain, 1936 – 1939. Southampton Cenotaph The Southampton Cenotaph is a stone memorial at Watts Park in Southampton, England, originally dedicated