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Bill Millin, a Scottish bagpiper who played forbidden highland tunes as his fellow commandos landed on a Normandy beach on D-Day and lived to see his bravado immortalized in the 1962 film 'The Longest Day,' died on Wednesday in a hospital in the western England county of Devon. He was 88.
By Michael D. Hull. It was the evening of Monday, June 5, 1944, and an armada of almost 5,000 ships stood off the southern coast of England, primed and ready for the greatest amphibious invasion in history. The long-awaited liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe by the British, American, and Canadian Armies was starting.
Jun 6, 2019 · On June 6, 1944, a soldier named Bill Millin played the bagpipes to boost morale as Allied troops stormed beaches in Normandy, France, on D-Day to liberate Nazi-occupied France. His commander...
Dec 22, 2018 · This incredible story of loyalty and bravery led to the immortalization of Bill Millin with a bronze statue at Sword Beach. Millin died of a stroke in 2010. He lived for 88 years, but his story will certainly live much longer.
Posted: May 13, 2024 | Last updated: May 13, 2024. Photo Credit: Matt Cardy / Getty Images. Bill Millin: The ‘Mad Piper’ Who Risked His Life To Play On the Beaches of Normandy. Among the heroes...
Bill Millin was the "Mad Piper" who played allied commandos ashore under heavy German fire at Sword Beach in Normandy on D-Day, on the extreme eastern flank of Operation Overlord. He was the...
Photo: IWM. After the war, Bill Millin wanted to give his bagpipes to various museums of the landing. The instrument he used at Sword Beach at the time of the landing is now visible at the Dawlish Museum in Devon (Great Britain). Another of his bagpipes is at the Pegasus Bridge memorial museum in Ranville, France.
