THE Whitehill and Bordon Community Trust will pay tribute to the town’s military history with a public-art project this autumn.

In the centenary year of the end of the First World War, the trust has been granted 10 silent-solider silhouettes by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust.

With the support of Whitehill Town Council, The Royal British Legion and the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Association, these life-size, clear-perspex figures will be placed around Whitehill and Bordon as part of the There But Not There initiative - a nationwide 2018 Armistice project from the charity Remembered.

The silhouettes will be at the town’s war memorial, in Camp Road, and in the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers war memorial garden at Mustangs in Budds Lane.

As Bordon’s history as a military camp spans more than 100 years, the Community Trust said the project was an opportunity to bring everyone together to share the town’s contribution to the armed forces. The figures will also feature at Whitehill and Bordon’s Remembrance Service on Sunday, November 11.

“We are grateful to the Armed Forces Covenant Fund for providing us with these silhouettes and for the opportunity to honour Whitehill and Bordon’s history, as part of a national remembrance project,” Community Trust manager Hannah Ashwell said.

The Mayor of Whitehill Leslie Webber added: “This year we join people all over the country to mark the commemoration of 100 years since the end of the First World War.

“November 11 has great meaning to the community of this former military garrison town and we will be reflecting on this at a special Remembrance Service at the town war memorial.

“As part of the commemorative programme for the town, we are pleased to be working with the Whitehill and Bordon Community Trust on the Whitehill and Bordon Remembers project, helping community groups and schools to honour our fallen with these silhouettes.”

The project partners are working alongside schools and community groups in the town to create their own silhouettes. Thanks to donated materials from Coomers in Bordon, the Community Trust is providing wooden boards and paint to produce more figures. Students from Bordon’s Future Skills Centre will cut out the designs, which can then be painted and displayed.

For details, contact Holly Winfield on [email protected].