Standing with Giants releases extra tickets

The silhouettes are made from recycled advertising hoardings and hand-cut into shape

An art installation which is dedicated to British servicemen who died on D-Day has released extra tickets to cope with demand.

The display of 1,475 life-sized military silhouettes, created by Oxfordshire charity Standing with Giants, was fully booked within days of opening at Fort Nelson in Portsmouth.

Royal Armouries, which is hosting the free exhibit, said it had been "overwhelmed by the response".

It said the second release of tickets would be the last and the installation would not be extended beyond 25 January 2026.

On its website, it said: "By the time the installation leaves Fort Nelson at the end of January we will have welcomed more than 80,000 visitors to the display.

"For many this has been a poignant opportunity to pay their respects to relatives and colleagues lost in both World Wars and subsequent conflicts."

The installation previously stood at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer, located above Gold Beach, one of the landing areas for British forces on D-Day.

It will be returned to Normandy for next year's D-Day commemorations.