Truce Statue returns to the bombed out church

In December 2014 we were lucky enough to host the premier showing of this wonderful statue created by Andy Edwards. It shows the moment when British and German soldiers called a temporary truce during the first world war. During its week-long stay at the church we were inundated with visitors eager to see it. The artist’s agent would like to site the statue back here at St Luke’s on a permanent basis. We will install it in the “Memorial Garden” which will be planted out with wild poppies, a fitting way to mark the centenary cessation of the first world war in 1918

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We, alongside Chris Butler and the staff of Castle Fine Arts  sited the statue (as a temporary structure) pending planning consent with the help of Chris Phillips and troops from the Third Medical Regiment, who have also planted Flanders poppies around the statue. A fitting memorial to peace
Should it stay? Do you like it? What do you think? Please comment below... ​