Did you visit the Shrouds of the Somme installation in London in 2018? 72,396 small human figurines about 30cm long, each one wrapped in a calico shroud, laid out across row after row after row - simply of the most powerful and humbling sights I have ever seen...

Great piece @chiddickstree.bsky.social - I’ve visited the battlefields and memorials several times and still can’t quite get my head around the hundreds of thousands of lives cut short - many simply disappearing off the face of the earth without a trace 🌹

However a 'woman-sized key' could be more confusing 🤔

Having researched all 15 names on a local WW2 memorial, currently hidden away in storage. I was shocked how few died in direct combat. Many of these young men died as a result of accidents, misadventure, or the hidden dangers of war - yet each life mattered 🌹
#WW2 #LestWeForget #LocalHistory

Able Seaman (Gunner) Sidney Benjamin Quarrinton, a former electricity meter reader aged 24, was lost at sea on 23 Aug 1941 🌹 His ship, MV Stork, carrying aviation fuel to Gibraltar, was torpedoed. Just 3 of 22 crew aboard survived.
#WW2 #MerchantNavy #LostAtSea #WeWillRememberThem

Well, I’m clearly a dinosaur as not seen this before but laughed stupidly… thank you @alliethinks.bsky.social for brightening my evening 😂