How the Cenotaph became the focal point of national mourning for our war dead as memorial marks 105 years

How the Cenotaph became the focal point of national mourning for our war dead as memorial marks 105 years

AT noon today I will be honoured to join friends in the War Widows Association’s Annual Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in Whitehall. Astonishingly, when the Association was formed in 1971, the widows were not allowed to take part in the better-known Remembrance Sunday service and march-past at the Cenotaph. They were not considered… Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]

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