Originally Posted by
pr00ne
Salute the cenotaph?
I use it as a convenient crossing point when dashing across Whitehall almost daily. Seeing as it is so close to Main Building a lot of military types do the same, both in and out of uniform. Never seen one salute it. Indeed that would look rather odd.
I certainly would not expect any Whitehall warrior to salute the Cenotaph in civilian clothes but in uniform they certainly should - what Officer would walk past any Colour without saluting it. I personally have never walked passed our National Memorial without a thought or a bow of the head, if it isnt considered a Colour then it should be.
Sadly the old saying ”Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it”.