Bill Millin
William "Bill" Millin (born July 14, 1922 in Regina , † August 17, 2010 in Torbay ) was a Scottish piper . He became known for playing the bagpipes under the command of Lord Lovat during the landing in Normandy in the middle of the war on Sword Beach .
The scene was recreated in the film The Longest Day . Millin himself later stated that the only reason the German snipers didn't shoot him because they thought he was crazy.
He died on August 17, 2010 of complications from a stroke that he had suffered some time before.
The Swedish power metal band Civil War dedicated the song The Mad Piper from their 2015 album Gods and Generals to him . The Canadian folk punk band The Real McKenzies also dedicated a song to him called My head is filled with music .
plant
- Invasion , Lewes 1991
literature
- Willi Wottreng : Scottish tones in the noise of war , in: NZZ am Sonntag No. 36 of September 5, 2010
Web links
- Legendary bagpiper "Piper Bill" dies Obituary on n24.de from August 18, 2010
- Obituary in the New York Times on August 19, 2010
- Remembering a bagpiper obituary on blog.rhein-zeitung.de from August 19, 2010
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| SURNAME | Millin, Bill |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Millin, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | scottish bagpiper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Regina |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th August 2010 |
| Place of death | Torbay |