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Magnificent sand drawing of Britain's first black officer

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Channel: Daily Mail World · 2018 · People & Blogs

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A portrait of soldier and poet Wilfred Owen, which was carved into the sand in a poignant tribute to the brave soldiers who lost their lives during the First World War, has been washed away by the sea. Large-scale drawings of dozens of soldiers have been drawn on 32 beaches, stretching from deepest Cornwall to the Outer Hebrides, as part of an imaginative UK-wide event thought up by film maker Danny Boyle. As part of the tribute, the portraits were washed away as the tide came in, showing how life can come and go in an instant. Hundreds gathered at coastal sites across England, Wales, Scotland, North Ireland and the Republic of Ireland today to watch the spectacle unfold. Owen's portrait was drawn at Sunny Sands in Folkestone, Kent, and was washed away this afternoon by the waves. Known for his poems such as Dulce et Decorum Est he was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry before being killed in action aged 25 on November 4, 1918, one week before the signing of the Armistice.

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