HC Deb 23 July 1919 vol 118 cc1366-7
89. Captain ORMSBY-GORE

asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he will have an exact replica of the cenotaph now standing in Whitehall erected in Portland stone, with wreaths in bronze, on the same site as a permanent memorial to those who have fallen in the Great War?

90. Commander Viscount CURZOM

asked if the war memorial to the fallen in Whitehall can be permanently retained, or if it is proposed to re-erect a more permanent memorial elsewhere?

91. Mr. GILBERT

asked whether, in view of the public approval of the cenotaph erected in Whitehall for the Peace Procession, the Government will have a permanent monument of the same design erected in the same place or some other suitable public position in memory of the men who have been sacrified during the War?

92. Mr. WIGNALL

asked whether the First Commissioner of Works will consider the desirability of erecting a permanent cenotaph in Whitehall in view of the feeling that a memorial to those who fell in the War should be kept in the position of the present cenotaph?

The FIRST COMMISSIONER of WORKS (Sir Alfred Mond)

The question of erecting a replica of the cenotaph now standing in Whitehall in permanent material either on its present site or some other position is one that must be decided by the Cabinet, and I will bring the wishes of hon. Members to the notice of Ministers.

Sir M. DOCKRELL

Would it not be possible to erect a replica of the memorial in the metropolis of Ireland—a country which contributed so many thousands of splendid soldiers to our forces?

Sir A. MOND

That question should be addressed to the Chief Secretary for Ireland.