This memorial was unveiled on 31 March 1922 by the young Prince of Wales, later Duke of Windsor, in memory of the British soldiers who died in World War One.
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The Cenotaph was built in memory of those who gave their lives in World War One (1914-1918) with a second dedication added in remembrance of those who died in World War Two (1941-1945).
The structure was designed by Denis Santry. The foundation stone was laid by Sir Lawrence Nunns Guillemard, the Governor of the Straits Settlements, on 15 November 1920. In attendance was the visiting French Premier, George Clemenceau who was the French Minister of War from 1917 to 1919.
The monument was unveiled on 31 March 1922 by the young Prince of Wales, later Duke of Windsor. In his entourage was Louis Mountbatten. At the end of World War Two, Mountbatten returned to Singapore as the Supreme Commander of the South-East Asia Command to receive the surrender of the Japanese at City Hall on 12 September 1945.