WWI
THE FIRST POPPY-QUEENSGATE THE SKY OF POPPIES-commemorating the centenary of The Battle of The Somme-Artist Charron Pugsley-Hill
The first poppy is the beginning of the creation of an art installation commissioned by Queensgate Shopping Centre Peterborough to commemorate the centenary of The Battle of The Somme in World War I. The first poppy is the first of over 1000 hand felted poppies to be included in the installation with each poppy representing […]
Naming The Men WWI Commemoration Event by Charron Pugsley-Hill WWI Commemoration Artist
NAMING THE MEN and a Woman-from Peterborough who died in WWI A WWI Commemoration event to be held at The Guildhall Cathedral Square Peterborough on the 9th and 10th November 2018 will be led by myself Charron Pugsley-Hill WWI Commemoration Artist in partnership with Peterborough City Council. On Sunday the 11th November 2018 it is […]
THE SKY OF POPPIES Art Installation Queensgate Shopping Centre Peterborough by WWI Commemoration Artist Charron Pugsley-Hill
THE SKY OF POPPIES was an Art Installation in Queensgate Shopping Centre that commemorated The battle of the Somme in 1916 and the men from Peterborough that died in that infamous and iconic battle in WWI. Its now 2 years from its installation and the affects of the beautiful installation and the community project behind […]
BELLEAU WOOD An original painting in a series by WWI Commemoration Artist Charron Pugsley-Hill
BELLEAU WOOD has been inspired by the first independent action of the Americans in WWI and is part of my series of work commemorating some of the people places and events of WWI, a hundred years on. Visiting the site of such important battle sites especially at the centenary is very emotional and inspirational at […]
I am JUST a TREE…..by WWI Commemoration Artist Charron Pugsley-Hill
I am just a tree…… I stand tall and proud in Western Road, Sheffield, a road lined with houses in a busy, bustling city, in Yorkshire, in England, in the world. When I was planted in 1919 as a sapling, this street was quiet, a legacy from the war just gone. I heard the men […]
Artist in Residence with The Great War Society and The Warwicks on the Somme for Somme100-Living History a hundred years after the battle of the Somme
I have been creating a series of art commemorating people places and events from The Great War a hundred years on since the beginning of the centenaries in 2014. This year I have been commissioned to create THE SKY OF POPPIES and THE LONELY ANZAC A MAN FAR FROM HOME, both commemorating the Somme in […]
THE QUEENSGATE SKY OF POPPIES-THE SYMBOLISM AND MEANING by WWI Commemoration and Nature Artist Charron Pugsley-Hill
I met my husband 20 years ago in a beer tent whilst we both took part in the first English Heritage multi- period re-enactment event. I was in an English Civil War group and he was an officer in The Great War Society. My introduction to World War began although to be honest it was […]
EDITH CAVELL COMMEMORATION PETERBOROUGH 12TH OCTOBER 2015
The City of Peterborough held a commemoration service for British nurse Edith Cavell on Monday at dawn-a hundred years exactly from when Edith was executed for helping hundreds of allied soldiers escape German occupied Brussels to freedom in Holland. She attended Laurel Court School in Peterborough where she learnt the fluent french that enabled her […]
Edith Cavell and her Peterborough Story by artist Charron Pugsley-Hill
Edith Cavell was a British nurse who was executed in Brussels for helping allied soldiers escape from the occupying German army a hundred years ago in World War I. I am commemorating her life work and execution in THE BLANKET OF POPPIES-an artwork currently in progress-see my other blogs about this work. EDITH CAVELL […]
Edith Cavell and Brussels-her story-Peterborough Artist Charron Pugsley-Hill
I am writing a series of blogs to tell the story of British nurse Edith Cavell who was executed on 12th October 1915 for helping allied soldiers escape German occupied Brussels. This is her Brussels part of the story…. EDITH CAVELL Edith Cavell first went to Brussels in 1890 as a 25 year old governess […]