#WeAreHere - Moving Tribute to Somme Fallen

[Mav617]

Great idea this, well done to all involved:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-36683549

[Pete.L]

Saw it on the news tonight

[fabiostar]

My grantfather was there with the 36th Ulster Division and came home from it . he never wanted to talk about it, all he ever said was. it was a dark time....

[sirch345]

A great idea and tribute to those who gave up their lives. These very brave and courageous men (I say men, many of them were only teenagers) should never be forgotten,

Chris.

[MacV2]

Saw an bit on this on the breakfast news...Apareently they have been planning it for two years & somehow managed to keep it all quite until they started showing up all over the country yesterday morning.

They had one of the organisers & one of the guys on the sofa.

The young guy who had taken part said none of them new anything about it until the morning of...

Brilliant...

How on earth they kept it off any social media is amazing, how they got all the kit together without anyone letting something out of the bag ???

[MacV2]

Worth a look here, info & background on the project & loads of pic's...

https://becausewearehere.co.uk/

[VTRDark]

Waterloo Station today

[sirch345]

Rather amazing what Artist Rob Heard created, his work is spectacular

The model army wrapped in shrouds: Artist creates 19,240 figures to commemorate every British soldier who died on first day of the Battle of the Somme

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... onour.html

Chris.

[VTRDark]

Oh my....that really puts things in perspective That's a lot of dead in one battle.

[sirch345]

Oh my....that really puts things in perspective That's a lot of dead in one battle.

Such a waste of life, and that was 19,240 British Soldiers killed on the first day

Chris.