Memorial
The Temporary Cenotaph (LOST)
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- Type of Memorial
- Cenotaph
- WMR Reference Number
- 66225
- Description
- A temporary memorial made of wood and plaster, painted white. It was constructed for the London Peace Procession of 19 July 1919, and replaced by a stone Cenotaph (see reference #104).
- Inscription
- MCM/XIV MCM/XIX/ THE/ GLORIOUS/ DEAD
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker(s)
Sir Edwin Lutyens, Architect
- Sponsor Type
- other
- Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information
- The funding was voted by Parliament.
- Maintenance History
- 1920: Replaced by the Cenotaph of Portland stone, and transferred to the Imperial War Museum (then situated at the Crystal Palace). c. 1939-1945: Destroyed by a bomb.
Ceremonies
Unveiled
18 July 1919
Previous Location(s)
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, Lambeth, Southwark, Greater London, SE1 6HZ, England
OS Grid Reference
TQ 315 792
Reason for move
Destroyed by enemy action in WW2.
Upper section of Crystal Palace., Imperial War Museum, Crystal Palace Parade, Crystal Palace, Bromley, Greater London, SE19, England
OS Grid Reference
TQ 350 710
Year of move
1924
Reason for move
Museum was moved to South Kensington.
Whitehall, Whitehall, City Of Westminster, Greater London, SW1, England
OS Grid Reference
TQ 302 798
Year of move
January 1920
Reason for move
Replaced by permanent memorial (IWM-WMA 104).
Components
- Cenotaph
Height: c. 10668mm
Made from: Wood, Plaster
Condition: Lost
- 'The 75th Anniversary of the Cenotaph and the London Peace Procession held on 19 July 1919', Western Front Association Bulletin (June 1994), pp. 16-18.
- Museums and the First World War, G Kavanagh (1994), p. 154.
- Public Sculpture of Britain, vol. I.: Historic Westminster, Philip Ward-Jackson (2012), pp. 416-419.