Whitehall - Memorials

Memorials

The Cenotaph, Britain's primary war memorial, is situated in the centre of Whitehall and is the site of the annual ceremonies on Remembrance Sunday.

In 2005 a national Monument to the Women of World War II was erected a short distance north of the Cenotaph in the middle of the Whitehall carriageway.

The road is also home to six other monuments:

  • Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904): Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, 1856-1895
  • Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908): Leader of the Liberal Party, 1875–1880; of the Liberal Unionist Party, 1886–1903; and of the Unionists (1902-1903)
  • Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928): Commander-in-Chief of the British Armies in France, 1915 to 1918 (known as the Earl Haig Memorial)
  • William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (1891-1970): Commander of the 14th Army, 1943-1945; and Governor-General of Australia, 1953-1959
  • Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke (1883-1963): Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1941-1946
  • Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (1887-1976): Commander of the 8th Army, 1942-1943, and of the 21st Army Group, 1943-1945; Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1946-1948
  • The Cenotaph

  • Women of World War II

  • Prince George, Duke of Cambridge

  • Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire

  • Earl Haig Memorial

  • Viscount Slim

  • Viscount Alanbrooke

  • Viscount "Monty" of Alamein

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