'I worked in the RAF during the Second World War... D-day turned out to be a doddle'

Two D-Day veterans who are residents of the same Greater Manchester care home have celebrated their 100th birthdays within weeks of each other.

David Teacher and Peter Belcher, who both served in the Second World War and were both involved in the 1942 Normandy landings, have had parties thrown for them and received special cards from The King.

Yet looking back on his incredible life, one of them said D-day in the end turned out to be a 'doddle.' David joined the RAF aged 18 and served in forces from 1942 until the end of the war in 1945.

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He was a mechanic in an RAF Beach Unit, which was among the first to land on Juno Beach in Normandy on D-Day in 1944. His job was to repair vehicles.

After living for three months on the beach in a trench, his unit moved to fight in the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium and was involved in relieving US troops besieged in Bastogne in December 1944.

David is a former vice-chairman of the Bolton and District Normandy Veterans Association and a former chairman of the Manchester Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women.

In 2012, David, a double amputee, was awarded an MBE for his charitable work. He is a widower who was married to Nancy for more than 70 years. He turned 100 on Friday (December 29).

He marked the occasion with celebration at Broughton House Care Village in Salford where he is a resident and where he was joined by friends and family, including his children and grandchildren.

Reflecting on D-Day, he told the BBC: "At first I was definitely apprehensive, 'cos we didn't know what to expect, but once we got involved in what we had to do, it became more or less simple - a doddle - and we