The Cenotaph, Middlesbrough The Cenotaph, Middlesbrough The Middlesbrough Cenotaph is a war memorial situated in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. It is located just off Linthorpe Road outside the entrance gates to Albert Park in front of the Dorman Museum. It commemorates the local men who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars and other conflicts. The cenotaph was built on land given by Sir Arthur Dorman who favoured a replica of The Cenotaph in Whitehall, London. The cenotaph was designed by Brierley and Rutherford of York based on the Whitehall cenotaph, and built in 1922 by masons Messrs Coxhead of
The Cenotaph, Whitehall Celebrations on 8 June 1946. The Cenotaph had been designed to commemorate the British Empire military dead of the First World War, but this was later extended to include those that died in the Second World War. The dates of the Second World War were added in Roman numerals on the sides of the memorial (1939—MCMXXXIX; and 1945—MCMXLV), and the memorial was unveiled for a second time on Sunday 10 November 1946 by King George VI. The memorial is now also used to remember the dead of later wars in which British servicemen and servicewomen have fought. The Cenotaph was