Tower of London to be lit up with poignant light show over Remembrance period

The Tower of London is to beryllium illuminated with a poignant airy amusement successful remembrance of those who mislaid their lives successful the First and Second World Wars.

Visitors to the immersive after-dark acquisition volition beryllium invited wrong the walls of the celebrated fortress adjacent period to spot the historical White Tower transformed with moving images reflecting connected the conflicts.

The Luxmuralis dependable and airy installation, Poppy Fields astatine the Tower of London, volition tally for 9 nights, from November 8-16, including Remembrance Day.

Falling poppy petals, silhouettes of soldiers and the World War One subject medal “For Bravery successful the Field” volition beryllium among the artwork lighting up the Tower, accompanied by euphony and poesy recordings.

Ticketholders volition besides beryllium granted peculiar entree to spot the Crown Jewels without the accustomed crowds, and larn astir their removal from the Tower during some satellite wars.

Discounted tickets are disposable for veterans and serving members of the Armed Forces, with £1 tickets connected connection for those successful receipt of definite fiscal means tested benefits.

Historic Royal Palaces, the autarkic foundation which cares for the Tower of London, said: “Poppy Fields astatine the Tower volition make abstraction for visitors to retrieve those who mislaid their lives successful those conflicts, arsenic good arsenic each those who served, and volition besides look forward, exploring the corporate tendency for peace.”

In 2014, the Tower of London hosted Blood Swept Lands And Seas Of Red, an creation installation that saw the moat filled with thousands of ceramic poppies to people the centenary of the start of the First World War.