There But Not There, The Tommy
Arundel 3 metre Corten Steel Tommy
The Tommy was acquired by major military charity Royal British Veterans Enterprise (formerly RBLI) and forms part of their new logo.
There But Not There - ITV Report May 2018
Penshurst Church, Kent, UK – the original installation location
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Projected onto Tate Modern in 2018
Although the clear, seated silhouettes were the original work I created to commemorate the fifty local men who died in the Great War, a second work grew out of that installation. I designed the Tommy to act as a single representative image for the entire commemorative work. From a small, local initiative in Penshurst in 2016, it was taken up nationally and around the Armistice Centenary in November 2018 was projected on major national landmarks around the UK and featured frequently across national print and broadcast media at the time. The Tommy has since become a symbol of remembrance in its own right, now forming a central element of Royal British Veterans Enterprise's identity. The major UK military charity (formerly Royal British Legion Industries) created table-top 30cm versions for individual purchase and the Tommy now forms part of RBVE's logo. Today, full-scale Tommies stand in communities, churchyards and beside war memorials across the UK. It was never intended to become a national symbol. It simply did.
Dimensions: H200cm xW80cm xD1cm.
Material: Aluminium
Dates: Initiated November 2016, national 2018, continuing today.
An extraordinary moment - four Tommies stand watch for one day at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, Westminster Abbey.
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The Tommy at the U.S Embassy
U.S Ambassador Johnson at the U.S Embassy, London
Profoundly honoured to be invited to take part in the Remembrance Service at the Cenotaph, 11/11/19
Arnold Schwarzenegger endorses the Tommy campaign
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On St. Pancras Station, with Tracey Emin’s “I want my time with you” in view
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Ben Fogle and his Tommy
The Tommies at Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
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The Red Arrows and the 6’ Tommies
The Titanic Museum, Belfast
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Sunday Telegraph front page on Remembrance Sunday 2018 - exactly 100 years from the Armistice
ITV Lunchtime News 28-02-2018
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Warwick Castle
ITV Evening News 28-02-2018
Arundel
The Tommy and There But Not There in Arundel Cathedral