Central Remembrance Day

In total, 8,500 tributes have been planted for the opening remembrance service at the National Memorial Arboretum to commemorate the lives lost in conflict.

David Whitehouse, from Selston in Nottinghamshire, was inspired to create the soldier sculpture by the death of his grandmothers twin brother. 

The mysterious work of art has been positioned next to the War Memorial Clock Tower in Syston, Leicestershire, ahead of Remembrance Day on Thursday.