The community came together to ensure Remembrance Sunday, which this year marked the centenary of the end of the First World War, was commemorated in a special way.

Services and parades took place across Bridport, Beaminster and Lyme Regis, as well as a whole host of community-organised events.

For weeks, schoolchildren have been learning all about the Great War and, along with many local community groups and organisations, helped to put together poppies which adorned Bridport and draped Colmers Hill in a dramatic and stunning display called River of Poppies.

Organised by Symondsbury Estate, the installation, which stretched more than 170m in length - beginning at the top of the hill where many of its trees were planted after the First World War to commemorate Bridport men who had died in the war - is raising funds for the Royal British Legion.

In a separate event, organised by the Allington Hillbillies, hundreds of people turned out to take part in a community-led event called Battle's Over, attending an open air service at which the Last Post was sounded at Coopers Field at sunset.

Rev'd Phillip Ringer led the service, with St Swithun’s Town Band providing music from the era. Local people created their own memorial to those that had lost their lives. Tinkers Cuss provided entertainment throughout the evening, before a torchlit procession made way to the top of the hill to light the beacon.

Although this event was organised by the Allington Hillbillies, it was the local community that took ownership of it and made it their own.

A spokesman for the group said: "We are very grateful to all that made this truly a community event to allow them to commemorate the end of the war in their own way.

"We hope to have raised more than £300 for the British Legion and the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund."