Guards Memorial
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Guards Memorial is a prominent war memorial in London commemorating the soldiers of the Foot Guards and Household Cavalry who died in the World Wars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Guards Memorial canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T828829 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Guards Memorial Context triple: [Horse Guards Parade, hasMemorial, Guards Memorial]
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A.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a solemn U.S. military monument honoring unidentified American service members who died in war.
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B.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a memorial beneath Paris’s Arc de Triomphe honoring unidentified soldiers who died in World War I and symbolizing all unknown war dead.
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C.
Liberation Tower
Liberation Tower is a prominent telecommunications and observation tower in Kuwait City and one of the country's most recognizable modern landmarks.
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D.
Heroes Monument
Heroes Monument is a prominent war memorial in Surabaya, Indonesia, commemorating the heroes of the Indonesian National Revolution.
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E.
Stoodley Pike monument
Stoodley Pike monument is a prominent 19th-century hilltop obelisk in West Yorkshire, England, built to commemorate peace after the Napoleonic Wars and visible for miles around the Calder Valley.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Guards Memorial Target entity description: Guards Memorial is a prominent war memorial in London commemorating the soldiers of the Foot Guards and Household Cavalry who died in the World Wars.
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A.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a solemn U.S. military monument honoring unidentified American service members who died in war.
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B.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a memorial beneath Paris’s Arc de Triomphe honoring unidentified soldiers who died in World War I and symbolizing all unknown war dead.
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C.
Liberation Tower
Liberation Tower is a prominent telecommunications and observation tower in Kuwait City and one of the country's most recognizable modern landmarks.
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D.
Heroes Monument
Heroes Monument is a prominent war memorial in Surabaya, Indonesia, commemorating the heroes of the Indonesian National Revolution.
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E.
Stoodley Pike monument
Stoodley Pike monument is a prominent 19th-century hilltop obelisk in West Yorkshire, England, built to commemorate peace after the Napoleonic Wars and visible for miles around the Calder Valley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War I memorial
ⓘ
World War II memorial ⓘ war memorial ⓘ |
| architect | H. Chalton Bradshaw ⓘ |
| category |
Grade I listed monuments and memorials
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Military memorials in London ⓘ Monuments and memorials in the City of Westminster ⓘ |
| commemorates |
British Army soldiers killed in World War I
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British Army soldiers killed in World War II ⓘ Coldstream Guards ⓘ Foot Guards ⓘ Grenadier Guards ⓘ Household Cavalry ⓘ Household Division ⓘ Irish Guards ⓘ Scots Guards ⓘ Welsh Guards ⓘ |
| coordinates | 51.504°N 0.129°W ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Guards Machine Gun Regiment
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Household Cavalry regiments ⓘ
linked to:
Household Cavalry
officers and men of the Guards Division ⓘ |
| hasInscription |
dedicatory text to the Guards Division
ⓘ
names of the Foot Guards regiments ⓘ |
| hasPart |
bronze group of a Guards officer and soldiers
ⓘ
bronze statues of Guardsmen ⓘ central pylon ⓘ |
| hasRelief | bronze reliefs depicting Guards in action ⓘ |
| height | approximately 12 metres ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Grade I listed building ⓘ |
| inception | 1926 ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | City of Westminster ⓘ |
| location |
London
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linked to:
London, England
Whitehall ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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linked to:
Imperial War Graves Commission
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| materialUsed |
Portland stone
ⓘ
bronze ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature |
Cenotaph
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Horse Guards Parade ⓘ Ministry of Defence Main Building ⓘ
linked to:
Ministry of Defence Main Building, Whitehall
|
| ownedBy |
United Kingdom government
ⓘ
linked to:
UK government
|
| periodOfConstruction | 1922–1926 ⓘ |
| sculptor | Gilbert Ledward ⓘ |
| subjectHasRole | focus of annual remembrance ceremonies ⓘ |
| unveiledBy | Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn ⓘ |
| unveilingDate | 16 October 1926 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Guards Memorial Description of subject: Guards Memorial is a prominent war memorial in London commemorating the soldiers of the Foot Guards and Household Cavalry who died in the World Wars.
Referenced by (1)
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