Video

A soldier who suffered third-degree burns to 70% of his body during a roadside ambush in Afghanistan in 2006 has told the Victoria Derbyshire programme about the experience.

L/Cpl Martyn Compton, from Staplehurst, Kent, was the sole survivor of the attack, in Helmand Province.

He was twice shot in the leg in the same incident, and has since undergone hundreds of operations to reconstruct parts of his body.

L/Cpl Compton was given a medical discharge from the Army in October 2014, and is now hoping he can earn enough through sponsorship to take part in endurance race Le Mans as part of the first disabled team.

Watch Victoria Derbyshire weekdays from 09:15-11:00 BST on BBC Two and the BBC News channel. Follow the programme on Facebook and Twitter, and find all our content online.