Tributes have been paid to a D-Day veteran who died after testing positive for coronavirus while being treated in hospital.
Harold Pearsall, 97, died at Sutton Coldfield's Good Hope Hospital on Sunday, the 1944 Alliance Normandy-Market Garden veterans association said.
The Royal Artillery veteran, who received the Legion D'Honneur in December 2015, landed alongside Canadian forces during the Normandy campaign.
A statement issued on Facebook by the Market Garden Veterans Association said: "It is with great sadness that we have to announce the passing of our dear friend and brother veteran Chevalier Harold Pearsall la Legion d'honneur age 97 yrs.q "Our prayers and thoughts are with Harold's family and friends.