Standing Giants return to Normandy Memorial

Standing Giants return to Normandy Memorial

The Standing Giants Silhouettes will be returning to the meadow fields of the British Normandy Memorial ahead ov VE Day 80, following last year’s overwhelming response to the project by the Standing with Giants charity.

The installation will be available to visit from 12 April until mid-September, and the Winston Churchill Centre, including café and shop, will also reopen on 12 April.

In 2024, nearly 250,000 people visited the Memorial, many of whom experienced the power and poignancy of the 1,475 servicemen placed with heads bowed on the hillside overlooking Gold Beach, each representing a life lost on D-Day, 6 June 1944.

In this VE Day 80 anniversary year, the figures will serve as a symbol of the bittersweet emotions faced by so many at the end of the Second World War in Europe – joy that the war had ended alongside the reality of absent loved ones who never came home.

The return of the Giants has been made possible thanks to generous sponsorship from the Normandy Memorial Trust’s three partners, BAE Systems, KPMG and Teledyne FLIR.

In addition, the Gold Beach Tourism Office has partnered with the Normandy Memorial Trust to support the costs of the installation process and promotion of the project across France.

The PAFMC’s tribute plaque is No 451 and can be found next to the giant nurse in the meadow.

See the link to the British Normandy Memorial https://www.britishnormandymemorial.org/