D-Day veteran, 95: 'I was just one of the lucky ones that came out alive'

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George Simms was awarded the Légion d'honneur after D Day. Credit: ITV News

A D Day veteran who was injured during the Normandy landings recalls how their steel helmets were taken away and replaced only with cloth berets.

95 year old former Royal Marines Commando George Simms landed on Sword Beach in Normandy on June 6th 1944.

George Simms with his fellow commandos who fought on D Day - he is the last survivor. Credit: George Simms

Now living at Broughton House Nursing Home for Veterans in Salford, Mr Simms recalls "the carnage" of D Day.

He was wounded by an anti-personnel bomb, and lay on the beach all night, thinking he'd never see the dawn.

Mr Simms now lives at a nursing home for veterans. Credit: ITV News

George Simms was awarded the Légion d'honneur medal from the French - which he says is his pride and joy.

This is his story: