A D-Day veteran wept on the Normandy beach where he landed 80 years ago, after local people shook his hand and thanked him.Four veterans, Donald Jones, John Life, Jack Mortimer and Peter Newton, aged between 99 and 100, walked on Sword Beach alongside serving military personnel, after arriving in France with the Royal British Legion (RBL) on Tuesday.All of them stormed the beach after landing on June 6 1944.

A D-Day veteran wept on the Normandy beach where he landed 80 years ago, after local people shook his hand and thanked him.Four veterans, Donald Jones, John Life, Jack Mortimer and Peter Newton, aged between 99 and 100, walked on Sword Beach alongside serving military personnel, after arriving in France with the Royal British Legion (RBL) on Tuesday.All of them stormed the beach after landing on June 6 1944.