Bill Millin plays his pipes for fellow soldiers in 1944
Nickname(s)
Piper Bill
Born
(1922-07-14)14 July 1922 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Died
18 August 2010(2010-08-18) (aged 88) Torbay, England
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
British Army
Rank
Private
Unit
Highland Light Infantry
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
No. 4 Commando
Battles/wars
World War II
Normandy landings
Other work
Psychiatric nurse
William Millin (July 14, 1922 – August 18, 2010),[1] commonly known as Piper Bill, was a Canadian musician who played bagpipes, and was personal piper to Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat, commander of the British 1 Special Service Brigade at D-Day.
William Millin (July 14, 1922 – August 18, 2010), commonly known as Piper Bill, was a Canadian musician who played bagpipes, and was personal piper to...
domains BillMillin (1922–2010), personal piper to Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat, commander of 1 Special Service Brigade at D-Day Henry Millin (1923–2004)...
of 1 Special Service Brigade, was accompanied by his personal piper BillMillin, who wore a kilt – and played the bagpipes – while German bullets whizzed...
Churchill, born 1942, and Rodney Alistair Gladstone Churchill, born 1947. BillMillin – Bagpiper during World War II Digby Tatham-Warter – British Army officer...
pipers were high, and they were not used in combat again during the war. BillMillin, the personal piper of Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat, was at the landing...
armed with an old Winchester rifle. He instructed his personal piper, BillMillin, to play the commandos ashore, in defiance of specific orders not to...
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Service Brigade arrived in the second wave, piped ashore by Private BillMillin, Lovat's personal piper. Members of No. 4 Commando moved through Ouistreham...
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written as a march for the British Army. It is said to have been played by BillMillin, piper to Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat, during the first day of the...
its Music, Edinburgh, 1997. Authorized marches of the Canadian Forces BillMillin – A piper who played the song during the Scottish landing on Sword Beach...
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13:30, the men at the bridges heard the sound of bagpipes, played by BillMillin of No. 4 Commando, 1st Special Service Brigade. As the commandos arrived...
authored and co-authored 4 bills that were passed down: House Bill 1205, House Bill 1558, House Bill 1559, and House Bill 1561. McMillin was elected to his third...
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the third year in a row. At the end of the 1949 season, Lions coach Bo McMillin traded Dudley to the Washington Redskins, where he played for three seasons...
contributions to the program, Kansas State has named its home field the Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium. Snyder was born October 7, 1939, in St. Joseph...
1978, Governor Luis appointed banker Henry Millin, a Democrat, as his first lieutenant governor. Millin was sworn in on March 10, 1978. Later in 1978...