ta, வெறுங்கல்லறை,பினாங்கு
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George Town, Penang
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, short_description = Capital city of the Malaysian state of Penang
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, commemorates=Commonwealth soldiers killed in the
Great War,
Second World War
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,
Malayan Emergency
The Malayan Emergency, also known as the Anti–British National Liberation War was a guerrilla war fought in British Malaya between communist pro-independence fighters of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA) and the military forces o ...
and
Confrontation
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, and prisoners of war during the construction of the
Thailand–Burma Railway
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Swan & Maclaren
Swan & Maclaren Architects is a Singaporean architectural and industrial design firm. One of the oldest architectural firms in the country, it was formerly known as Swan & Maclaren and Swan & Lermit, and was one of the most prominent architectur ...
Charles Geoffrey Boutcher (reconstruction)
, unveiled= 1929
1948 (reconstruction)
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The Cenotaph,( ms, Tugu Cenotaph, Pulau Pinang, ta, வெறுங்கல்லறை,பினாங்கு) also known as Penang War Memorial, is a
cenotaph located at the
Esplanade in
George Town,
Penang
Penang ( ms, Pulau Pinang, is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the Malay ...
,
Malaysia
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. The site of the Cenopath is situated at the shoreline of the Esplanade, at ''
Jalan Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah'' (at a section of street also known as The Esplanade) and ''
Jalan Padang Kota Lama'' (Esplanade Road), by the ''padang'' (open field) and the
City Hall
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that it fronts.
The present Cenotaph is a 1948 reconstruction of the original built in 1929.
Description
Designed by
Swan & Maclaren
Swan & Maclaren Architects is a Singaporean architectural and industrial design firm. One of the oldest architectural firms in the country, it was formerly known as Swan & Maclaren and Swan & Lermit, and was one of the most prominent architectur ...
and constructed at the cost of
$12,000, the original Cenotaph was intended to commemorate
Allied
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servicemen from Penang who lost their lives in
The Great War. The Cenotaph was fashioned as a scaled-down semblance to the
Whitehall Cenotaph in London, constructed out of granite blocks and adorned with bronze plaques. The unveiling of the Cenotaph took place during the 1929
Remembrance Day
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, with
Edward
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History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...
,
Prince of Wales
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, in attendance.
During the
Japanese occupation of Malaya in
World War II
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, the Cenotaph was destroyed during
Allied bombings of Penang in 1944 and 1945. Following the end of the war, a team of architects led by
Charles Geoffrey Boutcher helped to reconstruct the Cenotaph using remaining fragments of the first Cenotaph at a cost of
$3,500, resulting in slight deviations from its original design. The rebuilt Cenotaph was unveiled during the 1948 Remembrance Day, and remains as a site for annual Remembrance Day ceremonies.
In addition to the cenotaph proper, the site also hosts a smaller memorial plaque erected by the Penang Veterans Association, commemorating the war dead in World War II (including prisoners of war who worked at the
Thailand–Burma Railway), the
Malayan Emergency
The Malayan Emergency, also known as the Anti–British National Liberation War was a guerrilla war fought in British Malaya between communist pro-independence fighters of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA) and the military forces o ...
, the
subsequent re-insurgency, and the
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
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.
References
Monuments and memorials in Malaysia
Buildings and structures in George Town, Penang
Landmarks in Penang
Tourist attractions in George Town, Penang
World War I memorials
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