We are sorry, you need to be a subscriber to watch this videoWe are sorry, you need to be a subscriber to watch this videoA lone piper playing atop the remnants of a Mulberry harbour began today’s 75th anniversary commemorations, marking the hour the first British soldier landed on a French beach on D-Day. At Arromanches-les-Bains, the seaside town on Gold Beach, Pipe Major Trevor Mackey-Lillie, of the 19th Regiment Royal Artillery, played Highland Laddie at 7.26am in memory of Private Bill Millin, who played the same song under fire at Sword Beach when ordered by Lord Lovat, commander of 1 Special Service Brigade, to rally the troops as they landed. Western leaders and ageing veterans from Britain, the United States and Canada were attending ceremonies today in northern France, where more than 150,000 troops landed on June 6, 1944, under a hail of German fire. Private Millin was…

Source: The Times June 06, 2019 08:04 UTC