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NI to mark 90th WWI anniversary

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The 90th anniversary of the end of World War I will be marked later.

The cenotaph in the grounds of Belfast City Hall will be open for those who wish to remember the men and women who died in the Great War.

A wreath laying ceremony will be held at the Orange Order's headquarters in east Belfast, Schomberg House.

Harry Patch, 110, who is one of only a handful of surviving British WWI veterans, said: "It was 90 years ago, but you cannot forget it."

On Sunday, Mr Patch laid a wreath in honour of his fallen comrades at a Remembrance ceremony in Wells, Somerset.

After the service at St Cuthbert's Church, he joked: "It's too much fuss about nothing. I just did my duty."



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