Latest News from Shrouds of The Somme
The Book: Shrouds of the Somme – A Stitch in Time
Our new book 'Shrouds of the Somme - A Stitch in Time' written by Rob's wife Karina with Giles Adams is now available to buy in our online store. This A4-sized paperback book contains 160 full colour pages filled with details of every single Shrouds exhibition from...
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85,000 people visit Shrouds of the Somme in London
All 72,396 Shrouds of the Somme were laid out from 5 November by VolkerFitzpatrick and soldiers of 1 Royal Anglian at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London. The installation was open to the public from 8-18 November 2018 over the centenary of the WW1 armistice....
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Shrouds of the Somme – The First Week
It has been a week since we opened here in London’s Queen Elizabeth Park and so much has happened. The set up went extremely well and we finished ahead of schedule with the superb team from VolkerFitzpatrick overseeing the layout, Imagination, 1st Battalion Royal...
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Rob wraps the final shroud
At around 9pm last night Rob wrapped the final shrouded figure - number 72,396 - after 4 years of working up to ten hours a day to create his monument to the fallen. Now all 72,396 shrouds are ready to be displayed for the first and only time at Queen Elizabeth...
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West Ham United
We are very grateful to West Ham United for their support for Shrouds of the Somme. They have printed over 25,000 flyers and posters for the event and been very supportive during the planning stages. The Shrouds will be laid out on the doorstep of their home ground -...
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Shrouds News – Promo video, West Ham, Dan Snow and the last shroud
We’re getting very close to opening... Last week we released a one minute promo video for our installation in London. The film features some original footage and editing by Marcus Way along with clips of Rob on BBC Breakfast and drone images from our Exeter event. The...
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Project update – schools, London and Lost Lives in France
The Trench exhibition finished at Aerospace Bristol on Sunday 14th October and last week the Shrouds were carefully packed up, loaded and transported to a storage facility in Stafford by our amazing project partners at DHL, ready for London in just over 2 weeks time....
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The Trench Exhibition finishes and Shrouds in the News
The Trench at Aerospace Bristol The Trench exhibition at Aerospace Bristol concluded on Sunday with several thousand visitors over the weekend. This was the last time the Trench will be on display before being taken apart in preparation for our final event in London...
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