We will remember them...

The Cenotaph in Whitehall, London, is in the news, thanks to some rather inappropriate nearby activity by the Top Gear team.  We all know what it is, but where does the word come from?  I imagine most of you would guess Latin or Greek, and you'd be right. It's from two Greek words - "kenos" meaning empty, and "taphos" meaning tomb.  So - empty tomb, a memorial to someone, or some group of people whose remains are elsewhere.  In the case of the one in London, the "Glorious Dead" - originally meaning those who died in the First World War, although it is now taken to represent all those who have died fighting for this country - whenever and wherever.