Simon Brown was shot in the face by a sniper while leading a recue mission in Iraq.
A veteran who lost his sight when he was shot during a rescue mission will march to the Cenotaph to mark Remembrance Sunday.
Mr Brown, 43, said his life "fell apart" but charity Blind Veterans UK gave him back a "sense of belonging".Mr Brown joined the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in 1997 and worked as a mechanic servicing and maintaining armed vehicles.In Iraq while leading a mission to rescue six colleagues he was shot, with the bullet entering his left cheek and exiting the other side.
"Being a member of Blind Veterans UK gave me back that sense of belonging that I had when I was in the Army, it's this unwritten sense of understanding that comes from being in the military."
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