Bernard volunteered for the RAF on his 18th birthday, like thousands of other young men did in the war.

At just 20, he was the youngest RAF sergeant to land in Normandy, arriving on a landing craft-ship having to operate the Bren gun for low flying aircraft, which saw them complete the two-hour crossing, luckily, without any low flying aircraft! Bernard said he was ‘frightened to death’ nevertheless!

There were so many other landing craft and ships and as they waited for their time to land on the beach, they watched many of the other ships get blown up, and many soldiers lost their lives.

Bernard Morgan, D-Day Veteran

The Royal British Legion have worked with our inspirational veteran owned business, Icarus, to create this unique and bespoke D-Day 80 Lapel Pin.

Icarus were able to design this item to include elements of the events in June 1944 - sand from Gold Beach, Normandy, and metal shavings of the landing craft LCT 7074 used at D-Day, now fully restored and on display at The D-Day Story in Portsmouth.

We have the absolute honour of sharing four of the surviving veterans’ experiences of D-Day nearly 80 years ago whose stories are included in the leaflet accompanying the pin. At the back of the leaflet, we have included a full list of allied forces who sadly did not come home from this historical day. Lest we forget.

D-Day 80 Poppy Lapel Pin