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Highest French Honour For WW2 Veterans
Speaking on the 70th anniversary of D-Day in 2014, president François Hollande pledged to honour all British veterans who had played a part in securing France's liberation during the Second World War.
Of the 3,000 veterans who applied, 12 have recently been awarded France's highest honour, the Légion d'Honneur, at a ceremony in London.
The Légion d’honneur was established in 1802 by Napoléon Bonaparte and has been awarded more than 94,000 times to members of the armed forces and civilians.
Although their acts of bravery were more than 70 years ago, the memories of that time haven't diminished.
One of the recipients of the medal was Royal Air Force veteran Leslie Sutton. He said:
"As far as I am concerned I'm wearing it not only for myself but for the boys and girls that didn't come back and one of them was my brother Ronald, god rest him.He was shot down over Cologne in 1942 and was killed. So that is what the medal means to me, remembrance."
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