Talk:Bill Millin

message: There is no infobox because I couldn't find his date (or even year) of birth anywhere, nor could I find any free-licenced photos. Cynical 10:44, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Note from article creator 

message: There was really nothing in the sources to warrant calling the German soldiers superstitious.  The percieved madness however, was present.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.183.176.177 (talk) 01:24, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Change of last Sentence 

message: I found a couple of references (including one based on a personal interview with Bill Millin) which state that he did not portray himself in The Longest Day. I've updated the page accordingly. Blair - Speak to me 10:15, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Longest Day 

message: What museum has the pipes? Abductive (reasoning) 02:01, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Piper Bills pipes played on Sword beach are on display at Dawlish museum ( I volunteer there so know this to be true ) .The confusion arises because the pipes were damaged a few days later after D-Day by shrapnel (this is detailed in Bills book of his exploits called 'Invasion'.) and the pipes displayed in Pegasus bridge museum in Normandy are his 'spare'set which he did use during the rest of the campaign.There is a letter to this effect on display in Dawlish museum from Pegasus Bridge museum acknowledging this fact.Billmillinfan (talk) 18:38, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location of pipes 

message: Millin survived the end of the war by more than half a century, and yet there is not a single sentence about his post-war life in the biography. Could anyone competent please add something here? Thanks ViennaUK (talk) 14:57, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  later life 

message: The article says he was born in Regina, but the Infobox says Glasgow.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.246.25.55 (talk) 05:44, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth location 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: It may be true that "most (of the initial casualties) were shot through their berets" but Stephen Ambrose was not a reliable source when asking the time of day, and a WWII era helmet is no better than a prayer at stopping an 7.92mm bullet.  Assuming it is even true that the first men across were wearing berets instead of helmets it matters not in the slightest.  The paragraph seems to create a false distinction about the preparedness of the troops, and it is kind of plagiarizing a plagiarizer, which is not a good look for an encyclopedia.  74.96.230.76 (talk) 18:29, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pegasus Bridge action 

message: Although a cited source, I removed the sentences about Millin going traditional / not wearing under his kilt.  It was unnecessary, inappropriate, and unbecoming of Wikipedia let alone any 1/2 decent historical writing.  There are far more details from the day that can be included by contrast to this juvenile contribution.  To that end ...
This section is already poorly written.  It reads considerably better with the above sentences removed.  The order of the section is skewed.
# The first sentence of the first paragraph ought to be with the top of the page.  The fact that he was the D-Day piper is The Most Important Aspect .... not that he was Lord Lovat's (who?) personal piper.
# When LLovat asked/instructed Millin to play should be indicated as prior to D-Day.
# Then suddenly ol' Bill is belting out 3 of the 4 tunes he played that day (not that the 4th is ever mentioned) on Sword / Queen Red, a battle that took place in one sentence -- AMAZING!
# A dozen seconds later Piper Bill is interviewing Nazi POWs.
# Now we move to Paragraph 2 where we travel back in time to the training that happened PRIOR TO D-DAY, and therefore should not be in the section entitled D-Day ....DUH.  But wait, this is not a paragraph -- it is a run on sentence -- with hyphens -- that take us to when Bill got dressed before departing for France.  What a mess -- but wait, there's more!
# Suddenly Lord Lovat and the gang (now paragraph 3) skip taking Ouistreham, or perhaps accomplished this SO FAST that it wasn't worth mentioning, and while we're at it let's bypass the march to Bénouville (west of Pegasus Bridge) and BOOM Pegasus taken, day over, cake and party hats for everyone -- YAY!
# And then there's more stuff following Pegasus, when Bill played, on D-Day, which is what he was famous for, but ... you know .... whatever.
Millin did not only play on Sword / Queen Red that day followed by playing during the capture of Pegasus Bridge.  He first played on the landing craft while still in England (Road To The Isles).  He played going ashore Sword / Queen Red in the water (Highland Laddie).  He played on the beach a few feet from the water under heavy fire (Road To The Isles, which is what he said he mainly played that day).  He played at the bridge (All The Blue Bonnets Are Over The Border).  He played after the bridge for a little red haired French girl (Brown Haired Maiden).  But hey, this section is vaguely better than when my peers in the piping community talk about Bill Millin -- they only talk about him playing on the beach / under fire / Germans thought he was nuts and his spirit would haunt them if they shot him.
ManOnPipes (talk) 04:45, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Further Improvements ''Desperately NEEDED''