Fred Newton and Clive Kemp say they feel honoured by the award

Clive Kemp and Fred Newton, who took part in the D-Day landings in 1944, have been awarded the Chevalier de la Legion D'Honneur.

The two men, who are members of the Jersey D-Day Veterans' Association, will receive the medals at the French Embassy in London in March.

Mr Kemp said they were also an honour to their comrades, like association founder, the late Dick Connew.

Mr Kemp said: "None of this would have happened if our late president, Dick Connew, hadn't made this branch up.

"All of this is through him and we only wish that he was here now."