D-Day 'Piper Bill' Millin laid to rest

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.

Widower Mr Millin, a Scot, lived in Devon for 45 years. He moved to a nursing home in Dawlish after suffering a major stroke seven years ago.

His family released a brief statement: 'This morning following a short illness piper Bill Millin, a great Scottish hero, passed peacefully away in Torbay hospital.

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[DogTagz41]

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

[WTFBBQ5]

"doffs cap"

God rest Billy..

[MStanleyRoss]

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

[batangyagit101]

I shall remember Piper Bill millin a great hero from WWII

[ByronRaver]

Scotland is a widow

[TheRockabillycowboy]

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.

[michaelwright999]

THANKS FOR THAT,GREAT CHAP.

[idleitis]

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.

[bethdaschef]

A true hero story