"Piper Bill" Millin - the bagpiper of Sword Beach on D-Day has died

[Dennis Donovan]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1304179/Lord-Lovats-legendary-D-Day-piper-played-wave-Allied-troops-landed-beaches-dies.html

Lord Lovat's legendary D-Day piper, who played as first wave of Allied troops landed on beaches, dies

The courageous piper who played his comrades ashore during the D-Day landings has died aged 88.

Bill Millin was ordered to keep playing his bagpipes to boost morale as fellow soldiers were killed around him.

His actions were later immortalised in the film The Longest Day.

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Mr Millin was serving with 1st Commando Brigade when he landed at Sword Beach in Normandy on June 6, 1944. His commanding officer, Lord Lovat, asked him to ignore instructions banning the playing of bagpipes in battle and requested he play to rally his comrades. Mr Millin marched up and down the shore in his kilt piping ‘Highland Laddie’. He continued to play as his friends fell around him and later moved inland to pipe the troops acrosa Pegasus Bridge, playing ‘Blue Bonnets Over the Border.’
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[JuniperLea]

1. Wow...

On the day we pull out of Iraq too... pipers rule.

[steve2470]

2. I remember reading about him, interesting story nt

[Turbineguy]

3. Bagpipes.

the perfect music to throttle nazi's by.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. K&R. Sad news, but he won't be forgotten...

Bagpipes always choke me up, anyway... ;(

[Rhiannon12866]

5. Kicking for Piper Bill...

:kick:

[proteus_lives]

6. Balls of steel.

RIP and Godspeed Mr. Millin.