Armed Forces Memorial | Alrewas
A new ‘Millennium Avenue’, conceived as a ‘time-line’, presents a new hard landscaped surface and provides a chronological history of conflict involving the British Armed Forces since the Second World War. The floor of the Memorial itself is located at the end of the Avenue and is elevated above the adjacent landscape plane. An exit plateau provides a space from which the landscape can be appreciated and provides a platform for speeches and commemorations in front of large groups gathered in a purpose made-clearing.
During special occasions it is envisaged that the National Memorial Arboretum will need to accommodate in excess of 2500 visitors. The chamber is the container for the four principal elements forming the Armed Forces Memorial experience. These are the names wall, the sculpture, the shell and the message wall, which are revealed in an ever-changing relationship to each other. The message wall is positioned to provide the visitor with a piece of evocative writing upon exiting the chamber. It is proposed that the piece of text will be commissioned especially for the Armed Forces Memorial from Professor Jeffrey Wainwright who is an eminent writer of remembrance and memorial pieces.
