The corten steel statue weighs and is tall, with a rusty red patina. It depicts a First World War soldier, wearing boots, puttees, greatcoat and tin hat, sitting on an ammunition box, with downcast eyes, holding the barrel of his grounded rifle in his right hand. It is officially named "1101" (or "Eleven-O-One"), referring to the first minute of peace as the armistice came into force at 11am on 11 November 1918, but is more popularly known as "Tommy", referring to the archetype private soldier Tommy Atkins.