January 2024
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LOCAL WWII VETERAN HONOURED BY FRANCE Wendover resident David Morgan, who celebrated his 100th birthday in February 2023, was given a surprise award of the French Legion d’Honneur at the beginning of December. This recognises his work nearly 80 years ago in WWII, when he worked on establishing a secure communication link from the Normandy beaches back to Britain on D-Day +5, which led to the liberation of France.
When the dinner was over everyone was enjoying informal chats around the table when a dashing officer addressed the assembled company and mentioned David by name. He was the Air Attaché from the French Embassy who had come to give David the Legion d’Honneur.
It seems that Lynn had made the French aware that David was eligible for this honour and Black Cab Drivers have a special fondness for ex-servicemen. The President of France awarded his When David was invited to a country’s greatest honour for Christmas Lunch organised by “steadfast involvement in the the Taxi Charity for Military Liberation of France.” The story Veterans, he wasn’t expecting was told on ITV and can be viewed more than a good meal and here: www.bit.ly/4acgmhn. “It’s the chance to meet his friend one of the proudest moments of Mervyn, along with daughter Lynn. He was my life,” he told ITV’s Sam Holder, “that the surprised, but pleased, that his step-daughter French are so grateful for what we did.” Alexandra was able to attend this year too. Since then, David has been the centre of a Once the black cab had delivered him to the media whirlwind with all sorts of organisations Millwall Football Club Executive Suite, David and family members telephoning since his was ushered into a little room where he was appearance on TV. You may also remember interviewed by a journalist and camera crew, David Morgan was the Local Face in the but as a signatory at Aces High, a Wendover February Print edition of Wendover News in Business which recently moved to Oxfordshire, the month he celebrated his 100th birthday, he is used to being interviewed as an example www.bit.ly/3tcVZQs. of a WWII veteran. Jane Larkham, Editor
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