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Part 2: (Continued from Part 1) British troops running for cover. Before he had time to move away from the tank it exploded and left him unconcious for I think it was 2 days? He was then taken back to his ship he came on and he woke up in a hospital back in Britan and he was also shot in another conflict (I can't remember where) and lived to tell the tale. His name is Ted Owens. He was in the 41st Commando Royal Marines. He also gave me his original Commando dagger from D-Day.
DogTagz41 2 months ago
Part 1: My friend is in the first photo of this video running towards the tank to the far left. This is what he told me:
He was ordered to run to the tank for cover and spot any enemy locations (as he was a Reconniasance soldier armed with a scoped Lee Enfield), and he said that the building in the distance to the middle of the photo had bricks placed in the windows and they were painted black to look like they were burned out but they had small slits in them for the German snipers to shoot the
DogTagz41 2 months ago
"doffs cap"
God rest Billy..
WTFBBQ5 2 months ago
Daniel Laidlaw was invested with his Victoria Cross by King George V at Buckingham Palace on the 3rd February 1916.
Another hero piper, this from WW1
MStanleyRoss 3 months ago
I shall remember Piper Bill millin a great hero from WWII
batangyagit101 4 months ago
Scotland is a widow
ByronRaver 7 months ago
Gordon Brown Wrongly called Nelson Mandella "A Giant amonst men. Bill Milin was and always will be the TRUE and Original GIANT amonst Men. R.I.P.Bill.
TheRockabillycowboy 7 months ago
THANKS FOR THAT,GREAT CHAP.
michaelwright999 10 months ago
Great footage of Bill and a terrific tribute to him.My only gripe is that the media always mention the pipes in Normandy and not the actual pipes he played on Sword beach which are on display in Dawlish museum ,along with a tribute to him, as Bill lived there from 1962 until he passed away.
idleitis 10 months ago
A true hero story
bethdaschef 1 year ago