D-Day switchboard operator Marie Scott, 92, is presented with the Legion d'honneur at Pegasus Bridge CHRISTOPHER FURLONG/GETTY IMAGESFour British veterans of the Battle of Normandy have been awarded France’s highest honour during a service of remembrance on the site of one of the first battles of D-Day. The recipients of the Légion d’honneur rose shakily from their seats and wheelchairs and leant on walking sticks as the medals were today pinned to their uniforms in the shadow of Pegasus Bridge, across the River Orne, which was taken by 12.26am on June 6, 1944, by three gliders full of British troops. During this daring raid the first house on French soil was liberated, and the first British soldier of the Normandy Invasion was killed in action: Lieutenant Den Brotheridge. Don Mason flew more than 100 missions dropping SOE agents into France TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER RICHARD POHLEDon Mason, 98, an RAF navigator from Thurso, in the Highlands, saluted the French…

Source: The Times June 05, 2019 11:03 UTC