D-Day Piper Bill to Be Immortalised in Bronze by the Grateful French ; a British War Hero Who Braved a Storm of Bullets to Pipe His Regiment Ashore at Normandy On D-Day Is Being Honoured by the French.

Express & Echo (Exeter, UK) › June 12, 2009

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A british war hero who braved a storm of bullets to pipe his regiment ashore at Normandy on D-Day is being honoured by the French.

Legendary Bill Millin, of Dawlish, is to have a life-sized statue erected in his honour close to the spot where, 65 years ago, he played the bagpipes as Allied troops launched their assault to free Nazi-occupied Europe.

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D-Day Piper Bill to Be Immortalised in Bronze by the Grateful French ; a British War Hero Who Braved a Storm of Bullets to Pipe His Regiment Ashore at Normandy On D-Day Is Being Honoured by the French.

Mr Millin, 86, is to be immortalised in bronze by the grateful people of Colleville Montgomery, which he helped to li...

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