D-Day veteran Francis Denvir honoured on his 100th birthday

A D-Day veteran living in Ireland is to be bestowed with France’s highest honour on his 100th birthday.

Tue, 20 Oct, 2015 - 01:00

Ed Carthy

Francis Denvir, originally from Glasgow’s East End, will enjoy double celebrations in West Cork when the French ambassador to Ireland pins the Legion d’Honneur medal on his chest this Thursday.

A former sergeant in a tank troop with the Irish Guards, he was among the second wave of landings at Sword beach in Normandy in June 1944.

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