The Memorial to Fallen Warriors is located in Central, Hong Kong, near Statue Square (Statue Square). The monument was unveiled on May 24, 1923 by the 16th Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs, in honor of British soldiers, sailors, and airmen who died during the First World War.
Visually, the memorial almost completely copies a similar monument erected on Whitehall in London in 1920. The design was developed by the famous English architect Edwin Lutyens, who after the end of the First World War de facto became the official architect of the British government, creating many memorials and triumphal arches.
Despite the date of its creation, the memorial also serves as a place of remembrance for the victims of the Second World War, for which in the 1970s the dates “1939-1945” and the Chinese phrase “May their martyr souls be immortal, and may their noble spirit live forever” were added to the text on it.
Until 1997, ceremonies dedicated to the Day of the Liberation of Hong Kong from the Japanese occupation were held here. These celebrations are now unofficial. Remembrance Day in honor of the end of the First World War in 1918 is also observed here every year on the second Sunday of November.
