page_title: The Cenotaph (Hong Kong)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: The Cenotaph (Hong Kong) / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Liberation of Hong Kong in 1945 after the Second World War. Picture taken at the Cenotaph in Central, Hong Kong.
context_page_description: The Cenotaph is a war memorial constructed in 1923 and located between Statue Square and the City Hall in Central, Hong Kong, that commemorates the dead in the two world wars who served in Hong Kong in the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force. Built in stone, it is an almost exact replica of the Cenotaph on Whitehall in London, UK. It is listed as a monument under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance.
context_section_description: The Cenotaph was unveiled on 24 May 1923 (Empire Day) by the then Governor Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs. At that time, the location was still on the waterfront. Initially built to commemorate the dead of the First World War, inscribed with the words "The Glorious Dead", the dates 1939–1945 were added later to honour victims of the Second World War, and the Chinese characters 英魂不朽 浩氣長存 ("May their martyred souls be immortal, and their noble spirits endure") were added in the 1970s to commemorate those who lost their lives during the Japanese invasion.
  On 22 November 2013, The Cenotaph was gazetted as a monument under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance.
caption: 1945 liberation of Hong Kong at the Cenotaph. Queen's Pier is visible in the background.
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