| SHROUDS OF THE SOMME 11:00 - Jun 8 with 1213 views | theloneranger |
We should never forget them
To mark 100 years since the end of the First World War, 72,396 shrouded figures will be laid out in rows, shoulder to shoulder to physically represent each of the British Empire servicemen killed at the Battle of the Somme who have no known grave, many of whose bodies were never recovered from the battlefields.
Planned for November 2018, the display will be extraordinary in its impact and recognition of those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Somerset artist Rob Heard is spending 15,000 hours creating each shrouded figure individually.
https://shroudsofthesomme.com/home-page/
http://www.queenelizabetholympicpark.co.uk/whats-on/events/2018/11/shrouds-of-th [Post edited 8 Jun 2018 11:03]
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| SHROUDS OF THE SOMME on 11:09 - Jun 8 with 1200 views | Lohengrin |
It’s important to underline that figure just represents those who have no known grave, of those bodies unrecovered, a fraction of the dead of the Somme. The macabre mathematics of the 1916 campaign are numbing. Almost impossible to comprehend the scale of it all. |  |
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| SHROUDS OF THE SOMME on 11:18 - Jun 8 with 1190 views | monmouth |
I agree wholly that it is numbing and that we should remember. The main reason we should remember is so that we don't senselessly condemn so many innocent people to pointless and horrendous deaths in the name of 'patriotism' or political ends ever again. Sadly we still do with knobs on. This is what makes their sacrifice all the more sad. It achieved absolutely nothing. It sickens me and makes me genuinely weep. |  |
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| SHROUDS OF THE SOMME on 11:32 - Jun 8 with 1176 views | Lohengrin |
| SHROUDS OF THE SOMME on 11:18 - Jun 8 by monmouth |
I agree wholly that it is numbing and that we should remember. The main reason we should remember is so that we don't senselessly condemn so many innocent people to pointless and horrendous deaths in the name of 'patriotism' or political ends ever again. Sadly we still do with knobs on. This is what makes their sacrifice all the more sad. It achieved absolutely nothing. It sickens me and makes me genuinely weep. |
A mere twenty four years after the Battle of the Somme spokesmen for The Peace Pledge Union were interned, imprisoned without trial, on the orders of the Home Office for stating in print exactly the sentiment you have expressed here. In fact you have just unwittingly conjured almost a verbatim quote.
Sobering thought, isn’t it? | |
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| SHROUDS OF THE SOMME on 14:35 - Jun 8 with 1091 views | squarebear |
Forgive my use of the word, because it feels wholly inappropriate given the subject matter, but that tribute is lovely. |  | | |
| SHROUDS OF THE SOMME on 20:14 - Jun 8 with 1019 views | jack2jack |
What an amazing thing to do, in honour of these heros who laid down their lives so selflessly.
A fitting tribute to all who lost their lives, but we're never reunited with their loved ones. |  | | |
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