cenotaph
/ˈsɛnəˌtæf/
noun
- A monument built to honor a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere, especially those who died in war.
- The city erected a cenotaph in the park to remember soldiers who died overseas.
- Every year on Remembrance Day, people lay wreaths at the cenotaph.
- The cenotaph in the town square bears the names of local heroes from both world wars.