Silhouettes of Allied soldiers are returning to the former battlegrounds of France to commemorate next month’s 80th anniversary of VE Day.
The haunting life-sized figures — representing the number of troops under British command who were killed on D-Day — were packed and leaving from Portsmouth as this issue went to press.
They were made by charity Standing with Giants and will be displayed at the British Normandy Memorial, where they first appeared at last year’s Operation Overlord commemorations.
