1st July 1916
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the battle of the Somme, an offensive which took place in France at the Somme River, against the German armies beginning 1st July 1916, this display is the brainchild of artist Rob Heard from Somerset. On the 1st July 1916, the British Army saw 19,240 deaths of a total of 57,000 casualties. Casualties of the Somme on the Allied side were 480,000 in total, a disaster but they were higher on the German side, 630,000.
This display in Northernhay Gardens, Exeter, has 19,240 shrouds to remember the men who fell.
1st July 1916
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the battle of the Somme, an offensive which took place in France at the Somme River, against the German armies beginning 1st July 1916, this display is the brainchild of artist Rob Heard from Somerset. On the 1st July 1916, the British Army saw 19,240 deaths of a total of 57,000 casualties. Casualties of the Somme on the Allied side were 480,000 in total, a disaster but they were higher on the German side, 630,000.
This display in Northernhay Gardens, Exeter, has 19,240 shrouds to remember the men who fell.