Shrouds of the Somme returns to Exeter

Shrouds of the Somme returns to Exeter’s Northernhay Gardens on Saturday (30 June), two years after its original installation moved thousands of visitors.

The 2018 exhibition, which runs until Sunday 8 July, takes the form of a ‘Trench’. It marks 100 years since the end of the First World War and will see 72,396 shrouded figures stacked – one on top of another – in a free-standing wooden representation of a trench, alongside which visitors will be able to walk and view the names of all those killed in Britain’s bloodiest battle, who have no known grave.

The ‘Trench’ is the work of Somerset artist Rob Heard and has been supported by Exeter City Council.

Click here for more information on the installation.