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Armistice ceremony’s 100-year-old VIP visitor

11th November 2017 by Wayne Beauchamp

A centenarian army veteran was among those marking Armistice Day at North Walsham War Memorial Hospital.

Stanley Puddifoot, 100, from Salhouse, who is a patient at the hospital, served six years with the Royal Artillery and the Chindits special forces in Burma and India.

He was wheeled from the ward to join Saturday’s silence and ceremony at the hospital, which is a memorial to 99 men from the town, and another 80 from surrounding villages.

The ceremony was led by the vicar of North Walsham the Rev Paul Cubitt, and was attended by guests including the Royal British Legion, hospital League of Friends and the town council.

Stanley Puddifoot joins the Armistice Day VIPs
Stanley Puddifoot joins the Armistice Day VIPs
Stanley Puddifoot at the Armistice Day ceremony
Stanley Puddifoot at the Armistice Day ceremony

Filed Under: Events, Fundraising Tagged With: armistice day, army veteran, Chindits special forces, memorial, Rev Paul Cubitt, Royal Artillery, Royal British Legion, town council

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