D-Day veterans are being sought for a special voyage marking 75 years since the Normandy landings.

There are more than 100 spaces left on a chartered ship which will carry former Allied soldiers across the Channel for the remembrance event in June.

The British Legion is calling on friends or families of any veterans to tell them about the fully paid-for trip, with applications closing on Monday March 4.

Chelsea Pensioner George Skipper, 95, called on others to join him aboard the MV Boudicca.

Mr Skipper, who was awarded the Legion d'Honneur in 2015 for his courage during the 1944 invasion, said: "I would not miss this trip for anything.

"D-Day was a very important time in my life and I want to go back whilst I can to remember and to pay tribute to the friends and comrades that I lost.

"I hope that all D-Day veterans who are able to travel can join me on board the ship for this important voyage."

The ship will leave Dover on June 2, head to events in Poole and Portsmouth, before crossing the Channel in time for commemorations in Normandy on June 6.

Seventy five years earlier, more than 150,000 British, American and Canadian forces landed on beaches along the fortified coast.

The huge-scale invasion ultimately led to the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi occupation.

Some 175 veterans have already signed up for the trip, but there is space for up to 300 on board.

Each veteran gets paid-for door-to-door travel for themselves and a guest or carer, funded by a grant from the British Legion and the Ministry of Defence and Arena travel, the British Legion said.

The application form can be downloaded here: https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/community/d-day-75/