The vetreran, from Kirkby, Liverpool, who is known to all his friends by his naval nickname Dusty, said: "They came up to me and said, 'I've got a bit of bad news for you'.
"At first I thought somebody had died and it was going to be another funeral. Then they told me HQ insisted I had to stand down as parade marshal.
"I said I was still fit and able, but they said it's because of insurance and that I should have stood down when I was 85."
He added: "It hit me like a ton of bricks.
"I was that disgusted I didn't know what to say.
"I've been a marshal for the Merseyside and West Lancs branch for 38 years.
"I never even knew standard-bearers had to be insured."
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