EVERY ONE REMEMBERED

How do we remember?

Every One Remembered, 2013-2014
Bronze, stainless steel, acrylic and paper poppies
Unique work
H720 x W240 x D240cm (obelisk)
H240 x W140 x D75cm (statue)
© Mark Humphrey

CLIENT
The Royal British Legion

COLLABORATORS
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
GLA and Mayor of London
Canary Wharf Group
Corps of Royal Engineers (British Army)
Dover Town Council

CHARITY
The Royal British Legion

DEDICATIONS
Lord Provost of Glasgow, Sadie Docherty
Mayor of Blackburn, Mohammed Khan
First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones
Lord Mayor of Cardiff, Margaret Jones

LOCATIONS
London, Cardiff, Glasgow, Birmingham, Blackburn, Newcastle and Dover, UK

“EVERY ONE REMEMBERED IS CREATED FOR THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION’S FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY REMEMBRANCE INITIATIVE. THE OBELISK STATUE TRAVELS ACROSS THE UK, INVITING COMMUNITIES TO COME TOGETHER, ENGAGE WITH THE CAMPAIGN AND REMEMBER THOSE WHO SERVED AND WERE LOST.

AT ITS CENTRE STANDS AN UNNAMED FIRST WORLD WAR SOLDIER, CAST IN BRONZE, STANDING PROUD IN QUIET REFLECTION. HIS EYES ARE CLOSED. RATHER THAN LOOKING OUT AT THE WORLD, HE TURNS INWARD, CREATING A MOMENT OF STILLNESS AND CONTEMPLATION. PAPER POPPY PETALS RISE AROUND HIM BEFORE FLUTTERING DOWN INTO HIS ARMS, SURROUNDING THE SOLDIER WITH AN ENDURING SYMBOL OF REMEMBRANCE.

THE FIGURE IS INSPIRED BY THE ‘UNKNOWN SOLDIER’. HIS ANONYMITY IS DELIBERATE. HE COULD BE ANYONE. ONE INDIVIDUAL BECOMES REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COUNTLESS PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY CONFLICT SINCE THE FIRST WORLD WAR. THE ARTWORK BECOMES BOTH A MONUMENT AND AN ACT OF PUBLIC REMEMBRANCE. AS PEOPLE ENCOUNTER THE SOLDIER ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE WORK CREATES A SHARED SPACE TO PAUSE, REFLECT AND REMEMBER – CONNECTING INDIVIDUAL LIVES WITH A COLLECTIVE HISTORY OF CONFLICT.

EVERY ONE REMEMBERED. EVERY ONE MATTERS.”

Mark Humphrey

“THIS SUPERB STATUE IS A FINE EXAMPLE OF THE VITAL ROLE THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION PLAYS IN ENSURING OUR SERVICEMEN PAST AND PRESENT ARE REMEMBERED AND SUPPORTED.”

Carwyn Jones
First Minister of Wales

“WE’D LIKE TO THANK MARK FOR THE PERSONAL INVESTMENT HE HAS MADE IN REALISING THIS AMBITIOUS WORK. EVERY ONE REMEMBERED IS OUR GREATEST ACT OF REMEMBRANCE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY AND THIS STATUE ACTS AS A FITTING AND LASTING TRIBUTE TO EVERY ONE OF THE 1,117,077 MEN AND WOMEN WHO DIED DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR. WE LOOK FORWARD TO UNVEILING IT SHORTLY BEFORE THE 2015 POPPY APPEAL.”

Robert Lee, Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications
The Royal British Legion  

“THE STATUE IS PART OF A FOUR-YEAR CAMPAIGN AIMED AT HONOURING EACH OF THE 1,117,077 COMMONWEALTH SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN WHO DIED IN WW1. VISITORS TO THE STATUE WILL BE DIRECTED TO THE EVERY ONE REMEMBERED WEBSITE, WHICH AIMS TO SEE THOSE KILLED INDIVIDUALLY COMMEMORATED THROUGHOUT THE CONFLICT’S CENTENARY YEARS.”

UK News
BBC

“THE EVERY ONE REMEMBERED STATUE IS A GREAT WAY TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR AS WE CONTINUE TO COMMEMORATE THE CONFLICT’S CENTENARY.”

Sadie Docherty
Glasgow Lord Provost

“PETALS FLOAT AROUND THE STATUE OF AN UNKNOWN SOLDIER, ENCASED IN ACRYLIC GLASS, IN THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION’S TRAVELLING FIRST WORLD WAR COMMEMORATION, WHICH STARTED ITS NATIONWIDE TOUR IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE.”

The Guardian
National, Touring Tribute

“POPPIES CASCADE AROUND A GIANT SCULPTURE OF A ‘CENTENARY SOLDIER’ OUTSIDE THE THEATRE ROYAL, NEWCASTLE, IN THE RUN-UP TO REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY. THE DISPLAY ACTED AS THE CENTREPIECE FOR THE LAUNCH OF THIS YEAR’S POPPY APPEAL.” 

The Daily Telegraph
News, Petal Power

“A NEW SCULPTURE COMMEMORATING THE WW1 CENTENARY HAS BEEN UNVEILED IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE.”

BBC
News

LINKS
Art UK, Every One Remembered
Kent Online, Dover Statue Of WW1 Soldier
The Telegraph, Centenary Soldier
City AM, London Commemorates WW1 Centenary
The Independent, An Irresistible Urge To Remember