Clwyd West MP, David Jones, last Saturday presented the Normandy Bar to Mr Jack Quirk, a veteran of the D-Day landings on 6th June 1944.
The Normandy Bar is an honour presented by the regional council of Lower Normandy to those who served in the region during the liberation of France and commemorates the 65th anniversary of the landings.
Mr Quirk, who lives at Maes Hyfryd, Graigfechan, Ruthin with his wife Elizabeth, served as a sergeant with the 13th Parachute Battalion, 6th Airborne Division. He was dropped on D-Day at Ranville (Pegasus Bridge) and fought in Normandy until wounded on the 25th August 1944.
David Jones applied to the Normandy Regional Council for the honour and was pleased to present it to Mr Quirk at his home.
David Jones said: “The courage of the servicemen who took part in D-Day will never be forgotten and I was very pleased indeed to be asked by the Lower Normandy Regional Council to present the honour to Mr Quirk.”
