{"id":948766,"date":"2026-05-09T17:44:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T17:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/948766\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T17:44:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T17:44:14","slug":"soldier-sculpture-installed-at-bamburgh-castle-for-ve-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/948766\/","title":{"rendered":"Soldier sculpture installed at Bamburgh Castle for VE day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The sculpture was made from the same weathering steel used in the Angel of the North and was designed to change over time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Unlike traditional memorials, the sculpture is designed to move between locations, continuing its role as a travelling tribute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Bryceland said he wanted to thank everyone involved for making the installation happen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Francis Watson-Armstrong, owner of Bamburgh Castle, said: &#8220;It&#8217;s an honour to have Christopher&#8217;s sculpture standing sentinel here at Bamburgh Castle to mark VE Day. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;George is a striking focal point and a fitting reminder of the courage, sacrifice and resilience shown by servicemen and women.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The sculpture, which is on display at the castle can be viewed daily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The sculpture was made from the same weathering steel used in the Angel of the North and was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":948767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3939],"tags":[4021,4020,4022,77,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-948766","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-design","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116545864729083173","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=948766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/948767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=948766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=948766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}