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Files relating to the Cenotaph, Whitehall

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Title
Files relating to the Cenotaph, Whitehall
Date
1919-1988
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The National Archives, Kew
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A temporary wooden structure, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, was erected in Whitehall in 1919, for the peace celebrations following the end of the First World War. A permanent structure in Portland stone, also designed by Lutyens, replaced it on the same site the following year.

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WORK 20

Office of Works and successors: Statues and Memorials: Registered Files

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