The Cenotaph, Whitehall 11 November has been reinstated by The Western Front Association, a UK-based charity dedicated to perpetuating the memory of those who served in the First World War. The first such modern ceremony was held on 11 November 1919, following a suggestion by King George V for a two-minute silence across the United Kingdom and a ceremony to take place in London. Thousands had gathered around the wood-and-plaster Cenotaph in Whitehall, where Prime Minister David Lloyd George walked from Downing Street to place a wreath. A wreath was also laid by a representative of the French President, and soldiers and sailors
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