CENOTAPH, a monument or tablet to the memory of a per son whose body is buried elsewhere (Gr. KEVOS, empty, Taos tomb). The custom arose from the erection of monuments to those whose bodies could not be recovered, as in the case of drowning. The term is often used of the monuments raised in many places in memory of those who perished on the field in the World War, especially of the cenotaph in Whitehall, London, the scene of an annual memorial service on the anniversary of Ar mistice Day (q.v.).