A World War Two Royal Navy veteran unable to travel to Europe for VE Day has received digital thank you messages for his part in liberating Norway.

Kenneth Foster, 95, from Ash Drive, North Bradley, joined the destroyer HMS Viceroy aged 17 as a wireless operator in 1944.

It was responsible for sinking two U-boats and played a key role in freeing Norwegian towns including Stavanger and Trondheim from the Germans.

He has been given a computer designed for older users so Norwegians can message their thanks on #TakkKenneth.

Keen to pay thanks, Norwegian company No Isolation in Stavanger, provided Mr Foster with a KOMP, a one-button computer that allows normally elderly people to receive texts, images and calls from family members.

The one-button computer with a little screen allows Mr Foster to receive texts, images and calls from family members when a message has #TakkKenneth (Thank You Kenneth).

Mr Foster, who was born in Sheffield, said he was "fearful of the sea" when he first joined up but "had to get used to it".

In 1945, his ship was sent to liberate Norway and return Norwegian Prince Olav, who had been exiled in the UK, to Stavanger.

Recalling the mission, Mr Foster said: "After Stavanger, we visited Trondheim and the town band turned out and we marched through the town with people lining the streets.

"It was all quite strange because there were German soldiers and we didn't know what to do with them, so they ended up being in the crowd as we marched through."

The mayor of Rogaland, Marianne Chesak, sent Kenneth Foster a personal message on the machine for VE Day, saying: "Dear Kenneth, on behalf of the Stavanger region, I would like to express how grateful we are for your sacrifices and effort 75 years ago. We wish you all the best. Tusen Takk!”

Mr Foster also recalled an engagement on April 16 1945 when HMS Viceroy was escorting a convoy off Sunderland and was attacked and sank a U-boat.

He said: "There was a huge container which should have contained life rafts, but instead it was full of bottles of schnapps. We sent a presentation of the schnapps to Winston Churchill.

“He wrote back congratulating us for the attack and thanked us for the brandy. I've still got the Prime Minister's letter, signed by him."

On VE Day the rest of the crew celebrated with a double ration of rum while he was only allowed lime juice because of his age - he was still under the age of 20.

Since his part in Norway's liberation, Mr Foster has visited the country on several occasions and in 2017 was awarded the Norwegian Medal of Honour.

After the war, Kenneth worked for the Post Office and as a war pensions officer. Mr Foster is also part of the White Ensign Association, a society for ex-members of the Royal Navy.

Karen Dolva, from No Isolation, said: "We were proud to step-up and offer our KOMP technology and ensure that the current health crisis does not result in Kenneth - or any of his generation - feeling their sacrifices have been forgotten."