STORY: Baker creates poignant village installation for Armistice Day

Kieron Palmer, owner of Palmers Bakery, has placed 41 silhouetted figures on the village green in Haughley, Suffolk.

Each of the black metal figures represents one of the 'The Haughley Lads' – men from the village who lost their lives during the two world wars.

Designed to raise awareness as well as raise money for The Royal British Legion, Palmer said: “It's important to visualise how many died. Seeing a number means it is sometimes difficult to see how many made the sacrificed themselves. It is really emotional walking amongst them, I get goose bumps. It's really poignant.”

Last year, to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, Kiron planted daffodils on the green. He said: “when I walked amongst them they felt like soldiers, they were really solitary and still. It gave me the idea of doing the silhouettes this year.”

Mr Palmer paid for the models out of his own pocket. He and a friend started making them in March, at a rate of two a week.

He said: “It is important to remember those that lost their lives because without them, we all wouldn't be here today. It is important to bring people together, it gives us a chance to remember the sacrifice that they all made.”