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Southampton Cenotaph is a First World War memorial designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and located in Watts Park in the southern English city of Southampton. The memorial was the first of dozens by Lutyens to be built in permanent form and it influenced his later designs, including the Cenotaph in London. It is a tapering, multi-tiered pylon which culminates in a series of diminishing layers before terminating in a sarcophagus (or cenotaph, 'empty tomb') which features a recumbent figure of a soldier. In front is an altar-like Stone of Remembrance. The cenotaph contains multiple sculptural details including a prominent cross, the town's coat of arms, and two lions. The names of the dead are inscribed on three sides. Although similar in outline, later cenotaphs by Lutyens were much more austere a

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  • Le cénotaphe de Southampton (en anglais : Southampton Cenotaph) est un mémorial de la Première Guerre mondiale conçu par Edwin Lutyens et situé à (en) à Southampton, dans le Hampshire, dans le sud de l'Angleterre. Le mémorial a été le premier d'une douzaine de Lutyens à être construit de manière permanente et il a influencé ses conceptions ultérieures, notamment le Cénotaphe de Whitehall à Londres. Il s'agit d'un pylône effilé à plusieurs niveaux qui culmine en une série de couches décroissantes avant de se terminer par un sarcophage vide qui présente un soldat allongé. Devant se trouve une sorte d'autel. Le cénotaphe contient de multiples détails sculpturaux, notamment une croix proéminente, les armoiries de la ville et deux lions. Les noms des morts sont inscrits sur trois côtés. Le mémorial a été dévoilé lors d'une cérémonie publique le 6 novembre 1920. Peu de temps après, des inquiétudes ont émergé quant au fait que la liste des noms sur le cénotaphe était incomplète. Après une campagne dans les journaux, plus de 200 autres noms ont été identifiés et ceux-ci ont finalement été ajoutés au cénotaphe. Au début du XIXe siècle, les gravures du mémorial s'étant sensiblement détériorées, plutôt que de d'endommager la maçonnerie, le cénotaphe a été complété par une série de panneaux de verre qui portent tous les noms du cénotaphe, ainsi que des noms de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et des conflits ultérieurs. Le mémorial est un bâtiment classé de Grade I. * * * * (fr)
  • Southampton Cenotaph is a First World War memorial designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and located in Watts Park in the southern English city of Southampton. The memorial was the first of dozens by Lutyens to be built in permanent form and it influenced his later designs, including the Cenotaph in London. It is a tapering, multi-tiered pylon which culminates in a series of diminishing layers before terminating in a sarcophagus (or cenotaph, 'empty tomb') which features a recumbent figure of a soldier. In front is an altar-like Stone of Remembrance. The cenotaph contains multiple sculptural details including a prominent cross, the town's coat of arms, and two lions. The names of the dead are inscribed on three sides. Although similar in outline, later cenotaphs by Lutyens were much more austere and featured almost no sculpture. The design uses abstract, ecumenical features and lifts the recumbent soldier high above eye level, anonymising him. The memorial was unveiled at a public ceremony on 6 November 1920. Shortly afterwards, concerns emerged that the list of names on the cenotaph was incomplete. After a newspaper campaign, more than 200 further names were identified and these were eventually added to the cenotaph. The names of most Jewish casualties were omitted, the Jewish community being unhappy that the memorial featured a Christian cross. By the beginning of the 21st century, the engravings on the memorial had deteriorated noticeably. Rather than re-cut them and damage the stonework, they were supplemented by a series of glass panels that bear all the names from the cenotaph, as well as names from the Second World War and later conflicts. The panels were unveiled in 2011. The memorial is a Grade I listed building, having been upgraded in 2015 when Lutyens's war memorials were declared a national collection. (en)
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  • casualties of the First World War from Southampton (en)
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  • OUR GLORIOUS DEADTHEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE (en)
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  • Watts Park, Above Bar Street, Southampton (en)
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  • Le cénotaphe de Southampton (en anglais : Southampton Cenotaph) est un mémorial de la Première Guerre mondiale conçu par Edwin Lutyens et situé à (en) à Southampton, dans le Hampshire, dans le sud de l'Angleterre. Le mémorial a été dévoilé lors d'une cérémonie publique le 6 novembre 1920. Peu de temps après, des inquiétudes ont émergé quant au fait que la liste des noms sur le cénotaphe était incomplète. Après une campagne dans les journaux, plus de 200 autres noms ont été identifiés et ceux-ci ont finalement été ajoutés au cénotaphe. Le mémorial est un bâtiment classé de Grade I. (fr)
  • Southampton Cenotaph is a First World War memorial designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and located in Watts Park in the southern English city of Southampton. The memorial was the first of dozens by Lutyens to be built in permanent form and it influenced his later designs, including the Cenotaph in London. It is a tapering, multi-tiered pylon which culminates in a series of diminishing layers before terminating in a sarcophagus (or cenotaph, 'empty tomb') which features a recumbent figure of a soldier. In front is an altar-like Stone of Remembrance. The cenotaph contains multiple sculptural details including a prominent cross, the town's coat of arms, and two lions. The names of the dead are inscribed on three sides. Although similar in outline, later cenotaphs by Lutyens were much more austere a (en)
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  • Cénotaphe de Southampton (fr)
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