(WOW) The PEMBRIDGE VERDUN OAK ❌🌲🌲 🚶♂️🎥👀⏰ (Verdun Oak Sculpture) walk-around 👍 @redfox111 🔵
The Pembridge Verdun Oak ❌🌲🌲 🚶♂️🎥👀⏰ (Verdun Oak Sculpture) walk-around 👍 @redfox111 🔵
The Pembridge Verdun Oak
On this spot stood the Pembridge Verdun Oak. This tree grew from acorns gathered in 1919 from a wood adjacent to the site of the 1916 Battle of Verdun, the longest battle of WW1. The acorns were gathered and distributed to communities that wished to plant a tree signalling the end of the War. Col. Benn of Moorcourt, Pembridge, acquired and planted two Verdun Oaks, one of which grew and stood here until 2020.
It was a great loss for the village when the moment came for the Pembridge Verdun Oak to be felled.
This happened due to storm damage and disease. However, the people of Pembridge decided, that rather than the tree be forgotten, it would be fitting to use the timber to create this permanent tribute.
We wish to invite visitors to this work of art to remember not just those who have lost their lives, once full of hope yet cut short by conflict, but also the resilience of those who, in the aftermath of war, are left to build the peace.
Acorns from the Pembridge Verdun Oak were saved and there are now forty commemorative trees lining the "Straight Mile" to Broxwood.
We thank the generosity of local businesses and private donors, without whom this work would not stand.
The artist Ed Elliott of Great Malvern was commissioned to undertake this work.
You can find Ed online at edelliott.co.uk and @edelliottsculpture
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