VETERANS have unveiled their new standard ahead of an emotional parade next week.
The Consett branch of the Royal British Legion is replacing its 50-year-old standard with an exact replica that is lighter and easier to carry. The old banner's last duty was in France earlier this month, when branch chairman George Barsby attended services marking the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
It will be paraded through the centre of Consett on Sunday, June 27, at 3.30pm, before the new standard is consecrated at Christ Church in the town.
Wartime Victoria Cross winner, Captain Richard Annand, 89, will take the salute during the parade.
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