Flicker of Hope

This is our candle for the Lights Out evening as part of the First World War Centenary Commemorations.

The inspiration comes from a famous remark made on the eve of the outbreak of war by the then Foreign Secretary, Sir Edward Grey: “The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our life-time.”

Britain declared war on Germany at 11pm on August 4, 1914 ushering in one of the darkest periods in our history.

By turning off their lights from 10pm to 11pm on August 4, leaving on a single light or candle for a shared moment of reflection, people throughout the country tonight marked the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War.