"Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them." These poignant words, spoken at war memorials in the United Kingdom and around the world on 11 November every year, exemplify how we commemorate those who gave their lives in the service of their countries. Indeed, during recent years the Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day ceremonies have been growing once more in significance as public events - a trend that is perhaps partly the result of more contemporary operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Remembrance, however, can take many forms. When artist Richard Walker set out to learn more about his great-uncle, who had been killed in the First World War, it marked the start of an investigation which led to a number of surprising revelations. It was also the start of a journey of discovery that resulted in the creation of a remarkable memorial - a large (3.19 metres tall) panel painting, comprised of thirty-five separate canvases brought together in five sections.
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