A moving artwork featuring the silhouettes of 1,475 World War Two soldiers has attracted a record number of visitors at a National Trust site after being created by Oxfordshire artists.

The black metal figures represent the number of troops under British command who died on D-Day in 1944.

The exhibition - called For You Tomorrow - has been open to the public since October 1 at Stowe Gardens in Buckinghamshire, and closes today (Monday November 11).

The site will play host to an Armistice Day service today (November 11) when each figure will have a person stood next to it.

The life-sized figures were created by community artist Dan Barton, from Stanton Harcourt, and military artist Simon Smith, of the Oxford-based charity Standing with Giants.

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It was made using recycled materials.

The installation commemorates soldiers, sailors, airman and nurses who paid the ultimate sacrifice on D-Day on 6th June 1944.

The National Trust confirmed that 5,000 people attended the site on October 27, breaking its previous record of 4,000 set on October 13.

In total, over 300,000 people have visited the exhibition since it opened - which had previously been on display in Normandy, France, since April.