A D-Day veteran has received the highest decoration in France, and been thanked for giving the country freedom.
Louis Bloom, has been presented with the insignia of the Chevalier de Legion d'Honneur by French Ambassador Madame Sylvie Bermann.
Madame Bermann offered Mr Bloom her “warmest congratulations on this high honour”.
She added: “We owe our freedom and security to your dedication because you were ready to risk your life.”
French President François Hollande, on the 70th anniversary of D-Day 2014, announced all surviving D-Day veterans would receive the Legion of Honour, recognising their aid in the liberation of France in WW2.
Mr Bloom, a resident at RMBI care home Lord Harris Court in Berkshire, also received the Arctic Star Award last year for his service on a Royal Navy Arctic convoy in 1940.
Louis Bloom as a young man
After training as a radar mechanic, and as Leading Radar Mechanic, he then served on HMS Fancy.
Whilst serving on the Fancy, Mr Bloom ensured the safe passage of the invasion fleet on 6 June 1940 by sweeping the channel of mines and risking his life in the process.
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