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installation by Themis Jones, installed at the Hay
Festival of Literature and Art. In July 2014 he returned to his main 'base' at Cardiff Castle and will stand as a lasting reminder of the trauma of War, until 2018. Finally on the Remembrance weekend in November 2019, the sculpture was fully donated to Firing Line museum and now comes under their care.
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In 2010, concerns were raised regarding the stability of the sculpture and the potential disintegration of the resin material. There were also discussions about the sculpture's lack of a permanent display location. In
November 2019, the sculpture was fully donated to Firing Line museum and is now
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In April 2012, the sculpture was moved back to
Cardiff Castle as a permanent 'base'. In the Summer of 2013, the head piece was removed from the base and taken on a tour of Wales. The high points included; The summit of Mount Snowdon and Portmeirion. In May 2014 the sculpture was part of an
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Staffordshire to launch The Abandoned Soldier Project. The sculpture has subsequently been moved to Cardiff Castle, then to Exeter Castle for the War Art Exhibition in June 2011, and was filmed as part of a Channel 5 documentary. From there it was moved to the Rhondda Heritage Park at
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The statue was created in remembrance of soldiers who suffer 'PTSD' from armed conflicts and military service. The sculpture was modelled after Lance
Corporal Daniel Twiddy, who had been wounded in 2003 by friendly fire and shrapnel while in
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