ROYAL ENGINEERS MUSEUM

Installation at the Corps of Royal Engineers headquarters in Kent about war and remembrance

Lost Soldiers, 2016
Oxidised steel, horse hair, felt, pith and Kevlar military helmets (1914 to 2016 conflicts)
Unique work (101 helmets and 102 posts)
H230 x W600 x D600cm

PARTNERS
Canary Wharf Group
Corps of Royal Engineers
Ministry of Defence

CHARITIES
The Royal British Legion
Stoll

“THIS WORK IS ABOUT THE HUMAN LOSS OF LIFE CAUSED BY WAR AND IS DEMONSTRATED BY THE 101 PEOPLE THAT WORE THESE HELMETS IN BATTLE. THE CIRCULAR DISPLAY ENABLES THE AUDIENCE TO FREELY ENGAGE AND AMPLIFIES THE CONNECTION WITH THESE SOLDIERS, FROM MULTIPLE CONFLICTS THAT TOOK PLACE ACROSS THE WORLD OVER THE LAST ONE HUNDRED YEARS. THE 102ND POST, WITHOUT A HELMET, REPRESENTS THE UNKNOWN BATTLE AT THE TIME THE ARTWORK WAS COMPLETED.”

Mark Humphrey
Artist

“EMOTIVENESS OF PIECES AND THE IMPACT THEY HAD ON PEOPLE.”

The Sapper Magazine
Remembrance Art Trail 

“REALLY GREAT WORK. I THINK YOUR PRESENTATION IS FIRST CLASS.”

Joe Fossey, Brigadier
Corps of Royal Engineers

LINKS
Instagram, Lost Soldiers
Timelapse, Lost Soldiers
Royal Engineers Museum, Lost Soldiers
Kent Attractions, Lost Soldiers

LIST OF BATTLES, 1914-2016
1. Tannenberg, 1914
2. Marnes, 1914
3. Kolubara, 1914
4. Gallipoli, 1915
5. Passchendaele, 1915
6. Verdun, 1916
7. Somme, 1916
8. Cambrai, 1917
9. Arras, 1917
10. Isonzo, 1915-1917
11. Spring Offensive, 1918
12. Hundred Days Offensive, 1918
13. Atlantic, 1939-1945
14. Khalkhim Gol, 1939
15. Maastrict, 1940
16. London Blitz, 1940-1941
17. Dunkirk, 1940
18. Britain, 1940
19. Bardia, 1941
20. Kiev, 1941
21. Smolensk, 1941
22. Odessa, 1941
23. Pearl Harbor, 1941
24. Raseiniai, 1941
25. Midway, 1942
26. Gazala, 1942
27. El Alamein, 1942
28. Stalingrad, 1942
29. Moscow, 1941-1942
30. Guadalcanal, 1942-1943
31. Empty, unknown battle
32. Buna-Gona, 1943
33. Neretva, 1943
34. Kursk, 1943
35. Normandy (D-Day), 1944
36. Monte Cassino, 1944
37. Bulge, 1944-1945
38. Iwo Jima, 1945
39. Okinawa, 1945
40. Unknown, 1945
41. Unknown, 1945
42. Unknown, 1945
43. Remagen, 1945
44. Spring Offensive, 1945
45. Konigsberg, 1945
46. Berlin, 1945
47. Prague Offensive, 1945
48. Unknown, 1945
49. Unknown, 1945
50. Poljana, 1945
51. Unknown, 1945
52. Unknown, 1945
53. Tokyo Bay, 1945
54. Unknown, 1945
55. Unknown, 1945
56. Cold War, 1947-1991
57. Cold War, 1947-1991
58. Cold War, 1947-1991
59. Cold War, 1947-1991
60. Cold War, 1947-1991
61. Cold War, 1947-1991
62. Cold War, 1947-1991
63. Cold War, 1947-1991
64. Cold War, 1947-1991
65. Cold War, 1947-1991
66. Cold War, 1947-1991
67. Cold War, 1947-1991
68. Cold War, 1947-1991
69. Cold War, 1947-1991
70. Cold War, 1947-1991
71. Cold War, 1947-1991
72. Cold War, 1947-1991
73. Cold War, 1947-1991
74. Cold War, 1947-1991
75. Cold War, 1947-1991
76. Cold War, 1947-1991
77. Cold War, 1947-1991
78. Cold War, 1947-1991
79. Cold War, 1947-1991
80. Cold War, 1947-1991
81. Cold War, 1947-1991
82. Heartbreak Ridge, 1951
83. Imjin River, 1951
84. La Drang, 1965
85. Lima Site 85, 1968
86. Long Tan, 1969
87. Hamburger Hill, 1969
88. Goose Green, 1982
89. Mount Tumbledown, 1982
90. Derry, 1986
91. South Armagh, 1990-1997
92. Khafji, 1991
93. Medina Ridge, 1991
94. Norfolk, 1991
95. Line Bullet, 1991
96. Rumaila, 1991
97. Sarajevo, 1992
98. Intifada, 2000-2005
99. Tora Bora, 2001
100. Baghdad, 2003
101. Fallujah, 2004
102. Mosul, 2016