ⓘWhat do the D1–D5 confidence tiers mean?›
- D1A single attributed public source (museum, council, Historic England, CWGC, mapping data).
- D2Two or more independent public sources corroborate the same facts.
- D3A named coordinator or local reviewer has confirmed the public-source account.
- D4A named observer has personally visited and documented the site — photographs, inscriptions, condition.
- D5An archive or institution has provided written documentation supporting the entry.
A higher tier means more corroborating evidence, not automatic historical certainty. The Discovery layer does not replace archival verification.
The Cenotaph in Whitehall, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and unveiled in 1920, is the principal national war memorial of the United Kingdom. Bearing only the words THE GLORIOUS DEAD, it commemorates the dead of the First World War and, after 1946, of the Second World War and later conflicts. It is the focal point of the national Remembrance Sunday ceremony each November.
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What this page does not claim
- This is the general national memorial of the United Kingdom to all its war dead, not a Soviet or convoy-specific memorial.
- No names of individuals are inscribed; the memorial is deliberately anonymous.
- Endorsement by any named institution; the source is cited for documentary research only.
Sources
- AImperial War Museums — IWM War Memorials Register record for the Whitehall Cenotaph (national war memorial, both World Wars).archived ↗
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