04:50AM, Friday 06 December 2013
Nearly 1,000 mourners attended the Windsor funeral of a war veteran who died after a Remembrance Day parade.
The 56-year-old, who lived in Windsor, served 15 years with the Scots Guards and became a sergeant.
The 2nd Battalion Scots Guards Association Pipe Band played in tribute as the Falklands War veteran's coffin was carried into Windsor Parish Church on Friday, November 29.
Family and friends read messages at the service. Soloist Hector Gilchrist sang Flower of Scotland in memory of Bonnybridge-born Archie.After serving Scots Guard Rab Harris played the Last Post, the pipe band lined church steps as Archie's coffin was brought out.
His wife Diane explained that passing tourists applauded as he was carried into the hearse.
She said: "He had planned his celebration and would of liked a 'Jools Holland Hootenanny'. He wanted people to go away saying 'that was bloody brilliant Arch, another good do'.
"This was achieved and more."
The couple, from Carey Close, had fostered more than 50 children over 22 years and were recognised for their services with an invitation to the Queen's Garden Party at Buckingham Palace last year.
Comments
Most Recent
Most read
Top Ten Articles
Hundreds of students across East Berkshire and South Bucks collected their results on Thursday, August 16
Our reporting team spoke to students in Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead throughout the morning with the latest reaction, stories, photos and pass rates from schools across the area.
The family of a young man who died in the Jubilee River in 2015 has urged would-be swimmers to think twice, after two men’s bodies were recovered from the river in July.
© Copyright 2016 Baylis Media Limited All right reserved
