The one in Whitehall, London, was designed in 1919 by Sir Edwin Lutyens and inspired many British and Commonwealth war memorials. In Vancouver, British Columbia, Victory Square has one of Canada's major examples of this type of memorial, honoring the nation's war dead from World War I and later conflicts. What kind of monument is this?

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cenotaph. A cenotaph is an empty tomb or monument raised to honor people whose remains lie elsewhere. The Whitehall cenotaph in London, by Sir Edwin Lutyens, inspired many Commonwealth war memorials, including the Victory Square Cenotaph in Vancouver, British Columbia.