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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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