Standing with Giants
The Giants are returning to Normandy –
British Normandy Memorial hosts ‘Standing with Giants’ for the third consecutive year
Back by popular demand, the silhouettes arrive on Sunday 12 April, with the full installation in place from Saturday 25 April to Saturday 19 September 2026
D-Day 1475 – For Your Tomorrow commemorates the 1,475 lives lost on 6 June 1944 under British command on D-Day. Three years on, this ambitious and captivating project is set to return to the meadow fields of the Memorial. The installation humanises the sheer scale of loss and pays tribute to the names inscribed on the Memorial’s ‘D-Day Wall’. Ever since its inaugural year at the Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer in 2024, hundreds of thousands of people have experienced the power and poignancy of the silhouettes with heads bowed, stood on a hillside overlooking Gold Beach.
In this third consecutive year, new figures will be unveiled among the 1,475. These additions feature Beach Masters, Dog Handlers, Royal Navy Officers, Tank Crew, Merchant Navy and Royal Engineers. Reflecting the wider story of the Normandy Campaign, 40 silhouettes, representing British Commando Frogmen and personnel serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps, will also be included.The project will also features bespoke ‘giants’ to represent the only two women on the Memorial, nurses Sisters Evershed and Field, who died while saving 75 men from a sinking hospital ship; and 50 French resistance fighters, to be placed around the French Memorial.
The return of this unique installation has been made possible thanks to generous sponsorship from the Normandy Memorial Trust’s partners: Airbus UK, BAE Systems, Smurfit Westrock and Gold Beach Tourism Office. The work involved in preparing and installing the silhouettes is carried out by a committed and ever-growing team of Standing with Giants volunteers.
Four artic lorries accompanied by a Harley-Davidson crew will depart from Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, on the afternoon of 10 April. Sailing from Portsmouth to Caen the same night. The French Harley-Davidson, Caen Chapter Crew will join us, and will assist us to The British Normandy Memorial. the installation will take place from 12 to 24 April, with assistance from British and French volunteer groups.
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