Life-sized silhouettes of British soldiers have been placed across Epping Forest to commemorate the heroes of World War One.
As well as honouring this year’s 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War, the soldiers will become part of the City of London Corporation’s new interactive World War I exhibition at The View in Epping Forest, its free visitor centre in Chingford.
The exhibition captures the story of the Epping Forest Keepers who served in the First World War, runs until 30 November and includes a family story tree where visitors can add a beloved family memoir and photograph of relatives who served.
As part of the First World War Centenary Partnership, the City of London Corporation teamed up with charities Remembered and the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust to install the Tommies in the City and the Forest.
The six-foot-high Tommies are part of Remembered’s nationwide art installation campaign called ‘There But Not There’ with all proceeds going to armed forces and mental health charities.
The silhouettes are atHigh Beech, where Helen Thomas, the wife of the War Poet Edward Thomas, recorded their fateful farewell
Pole Hill, where a soldier stands lookout over a former gun emplacement
At The View visitor centre as part of its World War One exhibition
Guarding three War memorials on Epping Forest Land at Wanstead, Loughton and Epping.
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