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UK: WW II veterans receive Legion d'honneur, 3 October 2016

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  • Veteran Harry Read, 92, from Bournemouth, receives the Legion d'honneur, France's highest distinction, from the French Ambassador Sylvie Bermann for his role in liberating France during the Second World War, during a ceremony at the Ambassador's residence in Kensington, London.
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  • Veterans are saluted during the playing of the national anthems of France and England after they received the Legion d'honneur, France's highest distinction, from the French Ambassador Sylvie Bermann for their role in liberating France during the Second World War, during a ceremony at the Ambassador's residence in Kensington, London.
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  • Veteran Basil Playle, 100, shows his Legion d'honneur medal, France's highest distinction, presented to him from the French Ambassador Sylvie Bermann for his role in liberating France during the Second World War, during a ceremony at the Ambassador's residence in Kensington, London.
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  • Veteran Joseph Dow, 95, from Coventry, receives the Legion d'honneur, France's highest distinction, from the French Ambassador Sylvie Bermann for his role in liberating France during the Second World War, during a ceremony at the Ambassador's residence in Kensington, London.
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  • Veteran Humphrey Tottenham, 94, from Wiltshire, receives the Legion d'honneur, France's highest distinction, from the French Ambassador Sylvie Bermann for his role in liberating France during the Second World War, during a ceremony at the Ambassador's residence in Kensington, London.
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  • Colonel De Loustal from the French Parachute Regiment talks to veterans prior to them receiving the Legion d'honneur, France's highest distinction, from the French Ambassador Sylvie Bermann for their role in liberating France during the Second World War, during a ceremony at the Ambassador's residence in Kensington, London.
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  • Veteran Humphrey Tottenham, 94, from Wiltshire, talks to French Ambassador Sylvie Bermann after she presented him with the Legion d'honneur, France's highest distinction, for his role in liberating France during the Second World War, during a ceremony at the Ambassador's residence in Kensington, London.
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  • The Legion d'honneur, France's highest distinction, sit on top of other campaign medals as fourteen veterans were honoured for their role in securing France's liberation during the Second World War, with many having taken part in the June 1944 D-Day landings, given to them by the French Ambassador Sylvie Bermann during a ceremony at the Ambassador's residence in Kensington, London.
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  • Veteran Humphrey Tottenham, 94, from Wiltshire talks to Colonel De Loustal from the French Parachute Regiment, after he received the Legion d'honneur, France's highest distinction, from the French Ambassador Sylvie Bermann for his role in liberating France during the Second World War, during a ceremony at the Ambassador's residence in Kensington, London.
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  • Veteran Humphrey Tottenham, 94, from Wiltshire, receives the Legion d'honneur, France's highest distinction, from the French Ambassador Sylvie Bermann for his role in liberating France during the Second World War, during a ceremony at the Ambassador's residence in Kensington, London.
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  • Veteran Roy Clegg, 92, from Staines-upon-Thames, receives the Legion d'honneur, France's highest distinction, from the French Ambassador Sylvie Bermann for his role in liberating France during the Second World War, during a ceremony at the Ambassador's residence in Kensington, London.
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