Summary

  • The 1,475 life-sized silhouettes, known as Standing with Giants, depicts the number of men, under British command, who were killed on 6 June 1944.

  • Made from recycled advertising hoardings, then hand-cut into shape, they have been installed across the parade ground at Fort Nelson in Hampshire.

  • Standing with Giants was created by Dan Barton, from Stanton Harcourt, near Witney in Oxfordshire, who described the work as "The People's Tribute".

  • It will stay at the fort up until 26 January, because of high interest.

Live Reporting

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  2. Hello and welcome to our live stream of the opening of Standing With Giants at Fort Nelson.

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    If you want to read more about the installation, you can do so on our story about Standing With Giants being installed at Fort Nelson.