Sculpture inspired by war poet Wilfred Owen to be unveiled

A statue inspired by the poetry of Wilfred Owen is to be unveiled.

The piece shows an exhausted World War One soldier and is being cast in a Liverpool foundry.

Wilfred Owen was killed in action one week before the Armistice in 1918.

The statue will be unveiled in Hamilton Park, Birkenhead on 4 November to mark the anniversary of his death.