actually, and nearly always when they leave the installation, they have tears in their eyes and they say to me, thank you for doing this. the figures represent the actual number of d day fatalities. they re made from reclaimed aluminium and plastic signage, often found on building sites and new housing developments. they re mainly generic silhouettes of the men who died. but molly and dorothy s creations are different. they re based on real photographs. you see it one way with your eyes. you see it another way through the camera. you see it a different way. you see it a different way, looking into the sun. you see a different way, looking away from the sun. and you really feel as though there s some life in them. yeah, it s quite magical. it really is. and it really is a reaction from people. the reaction of the relatives. yeah, everyone, everyone. it s just for me it s been life changing, really has been. after leaving ely high school for girls, molly trained at the norfolk and norwic
one day. we forget, i think, the huge one day. we forget, i think, the huge air one day. we forget, i think, the huge air battles taking place in the months huge air battles taking place in the months leading up to d day and the 77 days months leading up to d day and the 77 days that followed, but it was incredibly 77 days that followed, but it was incredibly bitter fighting, right up to the incredibly bitter fighting, right up to the very end and right up to the liberation to the very end and right up to the liberation of paris on the 25th of august liberation of paris on the 25th of august it liberation of paris on the 25th of au . ust. , liberation of paris on the 25th of au~ust. , ., ., ., august. it is one memorial here which we waited august. it is one memorial here which we waited a august. it is one memorial here which we waited a long - august. it is one memorial here which we waited a long time - august. it is one memorial here which we waited a long time to
standing everybody. around this memorial, standing proud on the soil of normandy, these 1475 silhouettes representing each british soldier who made their heroic sacrifice on d-day who made their heroic sacrifice on d-day the who made their heroic sacrifice on d day. the 1475 he was from history are your d day. the 1475 he was from history are your brothers in arms. and i know are your brothers in arms. and i know that are your brothers in arms. and i know that today, you remember, and they are know that today, you remember, and they are with us. and let me say that nobody here in france, in normandy, can forget their sacrifice and your normandy, can forget their sacrifice and your sacrifice, and your presence and your sacrifice, and your presence today with us, is such an important presence today with us, is such an important day. you are already honoured important day. you are already honoured by the french republic, but we wanted honoured by the french republic,
just two were women. mollie evershed and dorothy field who were working as nurses aboard a hospital ship when it struck a mine off the french coast. now, a new project has seen the two women immortalised as silhouettes, high above the beaches of normandy. 0ur reporter shaun peel has been to hear more about their remarkable lives. of the 22,410 who died in the normandy campaign, they re the only two women. now they ve been turned into eight foot high figures standing in the wild meadows behind the war memorial overlooking gold beach. they were created by dan barton, who founded the project, standing with giants. it seems to be a bit of a phenomenon, really. people come up to one of the installations and they appear to start to grieve and they seem to release a lot of emotion. it s incredible to witness,
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