Lyme Regis was selected for a remarkable event marking 100 years since the end of the First World War.

Pages of the Sea, by filmmaker Danny Boyle, took place on the beach on Remembrance Sunday.

As part of the event, faces of the millions of people whose lives were lost or changed forever by the First World War were etched on to 12 beaches across the UK in a ‘thank you’ designed by Boyle.

Over the course of several hours, portraits of individuals from the First World War emerged from the sand. And then, as the tide came in, it was washed away as those who gathered on the beach took a moment to say a collective goodbye.

The face of Rifleman Kulbir Thapa appeared in the sand at Lyme.

Woodroffe School pupils also took part, forming a team of students to help create the image in the sand.

Kulbir Thapa made history as the first Gurkha to win a Victoria Cross. He was born in the village of Nigalpani, Palpa, Nepal, and in 1907 enlisted in the Indian Army as part of Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles, transferring to 2nd Battalion at the outbreak of war. During operations against German trenches south of Mauquissart in 1915, he found a badly wounded soldier of the 2nd Leicestershire Regiment behind the first German trench. Although wounded himself and urged by the English soldier to save his own skin, Kulbir stayed with him all day and night.

Early the next morning, in misty conditions, he brought the soldier out through the German wire and having left him in a place of comparative safety, returned and brought back two wounded Gurkhas to the allied lines, one after the other. He then returned in broad daylight to bring back the British soldier, carrying him most of the way under enemy fire. Kulbir himself was admitted to hospital for his wounds and he rejoined his unit in Egypt in 1916. His medal is on display at the Gurkha Museum, Winchester, Hampshire, and in 2015 he was commemorated on a Royal Mail stamp

The highly regarded Brigade of Gurkhas have been supporting the British Army for over 200 years, including two world wars through to modern conflict. During the First World War, more than 90,000 Gurkhas enlisted, fighting across Asia, Middle East and Europe where more than 6,000 died in action. The Gurkhas gained a reputation for valour earning thousands of medals for gallantry. Today, they continue to be part of the British Army including signals, logistics and engineers, with units based across the south of England.