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The Cenotaph, London.
Images copyright © Graham K Cook. Click on the entry for a larger version
Description
The symbolic 'empty tomb' in Whitehall, London which is the focus of Remembrance Day commemorations in the UK. It was designed in 1919 by Sir Edwin Lutyens in Portland Stone, and is surrounded by the flags of the Navy, Army, Air Force and Merchant Navy along with wreaths laid by representatives of all the Armed Forces as well as the Queen herself.
Location
Whitehall, London. June 2005
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