There, but not There

Thrilled to have been awarded a grant for five silhouette figures representing the fallen of WW1. They will sit by the paving stones at Lincoln Drill Hall bearing the memorials of Lincoln's VCs, Leonard Keyworth and James Upton.

Lincoln Drill Hall was home to the 4th Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment, who mustered at the Drill Hall on 4 August 1914 and who left to serve in France on 15 February 1915.

The silhouettes come as part of the initiative by There, by not There and were granted by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust. I hope people will see them every day and that this will prompt quiet reflection.

They will be particularly visible for the performances of Private Peaceful, the play by Michael Morpurgo which relives the life of Private Tommo Peaceful, a young soldier awaiting the firing squad at dawn. This comes as part of the Lincoln Book Festival, the leading speaker at which is Michael Morpugo himself, whose other works include the highly acclaimed War Horse.

They will take pride of place at our Commemoration of Lincoln in WW1 on 18 October, when we remember also those Lincoln men and women who worked so hard in the invention and production of the tank and in aircraft production.

We asked for five, being the number of sons of the Beechey family who lost their lives in WW1.