A 100-year-old D-Day veteran broke into tears as he received France's highest military honour. John Fiddler was presented with the Legion D'Honneur at HMS Cambria in Cardiff on Wednesday, in recognition of his service during the Second World War .

Mr Fiddler, who served in the Royal Navy, was 19 when he delivered tanks and troops to the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. He said he was "delighted" to receive the medal and described it as "a great honour indeed".

The Legion d'Honneur is France's highest decoration, established by Napoleon in 1802. In 2014, the French government decided to recognise all D-Day veterans with the honour in recognition of their efforts to liberate France in 1944.

During the D-Day landings, Mr Fiddler worked as a leading supply assistant on a tank landing shi

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