Cenotaph – Royal Welch Fusiliers
This simple Portland‑stone regimental cenotaph, originally intended for Gheluvelt but erected instead outside the barracks, follows Lutyens’s standard small “empty tomb” design on three steps, akin to his private memorials, and was unveiled in 1924, with a separate Gheluvelt memorial added a century later.
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Description
This simple cenotaph is one of a number of regimental memorials designed by Lutyens and the design is similar to that which he also used, at a reduced scale, for some private graves.
It was the original intention that it would be sited on the Western Front at Gheluvelt in Belgium, where the regiment had suffered heavy losses in the opening days of the war, but it was decided to place it outside the regimental barracks instead.
The unveiling was performed by Major-General Sir Thomas Marden on 11 November 2014.
In a postscript, a memorial in Gheluvelt was unveiled one hundred years later. (Contributor: Tim Skelton)
Small square cenotaph of Portland stone standing on three steps. Empty tomb of same design as that used for tombs of James Hackett, Sidney Myer and the Beddington brothers. Unveiled on 19 July 1924 by Field Marshal Lord Plumer. (Skelton, 2008, Appendix 1)
Bibliography
Gliddon, G. and Skelton, T.J. (2008) Lutyens and the Great War. London: Frances Lincoln.
, Pevsner, N. et al. (1995) Glamorgan: (Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan). The Buildings of Wales. London: Penguin.
