Soldier dead were buried in graves in temporary cemeteries near the battlefields, ... Like the battlefield cross, the silhouette statue has gained great popularity.

The black-painted 4ft tall plywood cut outs of 41 soldiers represent all the men from Haughley, near Stowmarket, Suffolk, who died in World War One and World War Two.

An art installation of 1,475 silhouettes of soldiers is making a return visit to Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. The figures made by charity Standing with Giants in Stanton ...

An emotive display of silhouette soldiers has been installed in a Middlesbrough park to commemorate those who lost their lives on D-Day and help keep history alive. The installation sees 80 ...

The silhouette soldiers were made by an organisation called Standing with Giants, based near Witney, Oxfordshire. Most recently, the charity produced silhouettes for the British Normandy Memorial ...

A Kent beach has been adorned with silhouettes of soldiers to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Stunning pictures taken by onlooker Dean Spinks show armed forces members marked into the sand at ...