Chichester Hospital porter in military pilgrimage
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The pilgrimage was to commemorate 90 years since the Menin Gate Memorial and 100 years since the First World War.
Reid Archibald, who has been a porter at the hospital for more than five years, said: “It was such a privilege for myself and my wife to be asked by the president of the Royal British Legion.
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He added he was feeling ‘proud and emotional’.
“Originally I am the standard bearer for our section, based in South Harting.
They choose one from each branch throughout the country and because I said yes, they asked my wife to do the wreath laying.”
The Menin Gate bears the names of 54,000 men who have no known graves