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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Falklands war art installation given ‘fitting place’ in Portsmouth

A view of silhouettes that are part of the Standing With Giants art installation at the Royal Armouries Fort Nelson in Portsmouth
The Standing With Giants installation was set up by the Oxfordshire artist Dan Barton and a group of volunteers. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA

Lifesize silhouetted figures representing the 255 British military personnel and three civilians who lost their lives in the Falklands war have been installed on the parade ground and ramparts at Fort Nelson in Portsmouth.

The art installation, Standing With Giants, was created to mark the 40th anniversary of the conflict and its arrival in the Hampshire port is regarded as particularly poignant as so many of the British ships left and returned there.

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