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The Cenotaph

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

The Cenotaph

The Cenotaph (also called the Bulawayo Cenotaph or the Matabeleland War Memorial) is a war memorial in the city of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, commemorating personnel who died in the world wars and subsequent conflicts. Located in the gardens of the Bulawayo Post Office, it was dedicated "To Our Glorious De

ad" in 1921, but was later unveiled by Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) in 1925. Plaques lining the veranda list many Southern Rhodesians who fell in various conflicts, principally the First World War and the Second World War, whether in the Southern Rhodesian forces, the British South Africa Police, the South African forces or various imperial forces. Personnel who died in the Malayan Emergency of 1957 and in Rhodesia itself during the Bush War are also inscribed.

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