Tributes are being paid to a Second World War D-Day veteran who 'leaves behind an incredible legacy' after his death at the age of 97. Dougie Farrington landed on Gold Beach in Normandy, France, 19 days after D-Day in June, 1944. He was just 18.
Just eight months later, as the Allies advanced into Germany, he was shot in the leg by a German sniper in the Reichswald Forest after being separated from the rest of his division. He crawled inside a pigsty, where he put on a field dressing and waited to be rescued, revealed the Royal British Legion as they paid tribute to a 'bubbly and infectious character'.
Among his many medals Dougie, from Chadderton, Oldham, was awarded the Legion d'Honneur, the highest French military honour, in recognition of his service to liberate Europe.
