D-Day 80: Standing with Giants installation ready for journey to Normandy Memorial

The 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings is being marked with a series of major commemorations in the UK and France, honouring those who risked their lives for freedom and peace.

An installation of 1,475 giant silhouettes representing the personnel under British command who fell on 6 June 1944 making their "return", is ready for the journey to the British Normandy Memorial.

Standing with Giants is a community project that creates large-scale art installations using recycled building materials and provides meaningful spaces for people to visit and reflect.

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As well as being part of the D-Day 80 commemorations at the memorial, the installation will be available to visit throughout the summer of next year.

Artist Dan Barton, Standing with Giants' founder, said: "Our ethos... is to value life, to understand and appreciate why we have our freedom, and to remember and pay tribute to those who have fallen so we can live the lives we have today.

"Standing with Giants is a great way of using art to do this."

Dan's wife Janette Barton, who works alongside him, said: "The installation will take 20-30 people around 15 days to set up: it's truly epic".