PEGASUS BRIDGE JUIN 2014 en hommage au Piper Bill Millin

Dday Pipers United

[@charlestaylor6085]

Got an uncle buried at Nijmegen, killed in action with Joe Vanderleur's Irish guards trying to break through to the paras at Arnhem. These tunes have me in tears

[@tooyoungtobeold8756]

The original bridge is in a museum adjacent to this replacement - well worth a visit.

[@donaldkaag5071]

An old and good friend is a retired British Brigadier, and a Military Historian, a Sandhurst graduate. For many years after his retirement he led tours of British WWII veterans to the battlefields and cemeteries of Western Europe. Andrew was at Pegasus Bridge one day on the anniversary of the assault with a busload of vets, had just concluded his presentation and loaded up his charges, and he noticed an elderly gentleman in a tie and sport-coat at the other end of the bridge near a bus. He walked over and struck up a conversation with him...and it was the retired German commander of the German troops defending the bridge in 1944! He went back to his bus, announced, "everyone" off", and another lecture ensued. The vets from the British bus and the German bus intermingled. Andrew and the Oberst exchanged contact information and afterwards, every year, they met for a combined visit.

[@gillesguillaumin6603]

I cannot think to Pegasus bridge without remind the arrival of Lord Lovat telling to Howard "Sorry old chap, we are late". Howard looked at his watch, yes Lovat was late. TWO minutes.

[@anniehaynes1561]

My late dad was there, he would have loved this...god bless them all.

[@davidmarshall1259]

Annie, i'd love to be able to be granted the honour to shake your dads hand and thank him for his damned fine service. i'll bet he was a lovely man. for him, this clip is his. and his fine comrades.

[@gazza2933]

Well said Annie 💐

[@ericregnier2947]

Tu sais Annie je ne parle pas un mot d'anglais mais la musique est très explicite quand cela viens du.coeur ♥️. mais surtout RESPECT ENVERS EUX 👍♥️ je suis certain que tu m'as compris 👍

[@alanharrison5070]

A great tribute to a hero, Bill Millen, Rip 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@pierrediamantidis8537]

C'est avec une grande émotion que je pense au courage de ce soldat qui, le 6 juin 1944, s'est avancé avec son bag-pipe sur Pagasus Bridge... et j'éprouve une certaine honte à constater que la Police française a été incapable de bloquer la circulation sur ce même pont lors de la commémoration de 2014.

[@jean-pierrelaurent5126]

c'est plutot le prefet qui n'as pas fait son boulot

[@pierrediamantidis8537]

@@jean-pierrelaurent5126 vous avez raison !

[@numbersix6437]

Je pensait exactement la même chose en regardant cette vidéo ...

[@pierrediamantidis8537]

@lindowan123 ...But I am ashamed of this lack of respect.

[@44684472]

Bill Millin! Most Worshipful Hero!

[@falkbaldermann7157]

Traumhaft diese Uniform einfach super!

[@mmcss1155]

The words "FUCKING AWESOME" fall short.

[@williamjavier1653]

You have to respect to those Airborne guys
I salute you. A co. 2/503 Abn. Inf. 173rd Abn. Brigade
E troop 17th Cav. 173rd Abn. Brigade Armor scouts
Hq n Hq co. 2/505 Abn. Inf. 82nd Abn. Div. Battalion Scouts
Airborne. All the way.....

[@Redman147]

I TOLD YOU I HEARD BAGPIPES!! ITS THE REINFORCEMENTS!!!!

[@Motormouth2112]

What happened to Britain's identity and pride, the Greatest generation sacrificed so much for so many.

[@kurtmuller1861]

You surely must mean Britain's identity and pride. These pipers are Scottish, not English.

[@keithrose6931]

@@kurtmuller1861 thats what he said .

[@kurtmuller1861]

@Keith Rosw: the OP has been edited in response to my comment.

[@matthewstokes1608]

@@kurtmuller1861 English pride has not gone down a single peg - it effervesces in the hearts of some of us and it ever bloody will. With Scotland once, and with or without Scotland from here on into the next chapters, we the English are proud of what we both did (and Wales and Northern Ireland)... the real English, oh we are proud.... and we are good. Our antecedents were good, and we rage with pride in our hearts for what we once were and for what we still know to be true... We changed the entire world - and it is enough... We were Christians - sometimes we were brutal... We are Christians. We love peace now. But we would fight for it for the sake of innocent others - even if there are so very few of us left. Proud people... do not think the BBC is English. They do not speak for us.

[@davidmarshall1259]

@@matthewstokes1608 AMEN Matthew, bloody fine words there my friend.

[@12dougreed]

The lady that ran ( owner)
Of the cafe next to the bridge,said in an interview
To German television ( about 15 years ago)
Quote/. We were very upset when our German friends left , they were wonderful people.
When asked by the British
She said they were so happy to see the British arrive. The German broadcaster discribed the
Green-Jacket bugler as
a typical pomp french musician. I watched this on German TV,as I was living in kraut land at the time

[@sirderam1]

Your tale seem somewhat unlikely, though perhaps she was just being politely diplomatic.
The lady who ran the hotel by the bridge never allowed the germans stationed there inside her hotel. They were, however, allowed to sit at tables outside where they were served cool drinks made from melons. Although she spoke fluent German, she never spoke it at any time in the presence of any German soldiers. She listened carefully to their conversations though, which they assumed she couldn't understand, and passed whatever information she had gathered to her husband. He, on his daily trips to the local town to pick up supplies, passed the information to a Resistance radio operator, who in turn passed it on to British Intelligence. Thus British Intelligence knew within 24 hours of any new developments at the bridge. It was from this source that the precise location of the bunker that housed the detonator to blow up the bridge was known. Taking that bunker before the detonator could be used was the very first objective of the British glider troops.
It seems unlikely, then, that the lady, who spent several years gathering information for British Intelligence at a very real risk to her own life, was genuinely sorry to see the Germans go.

[@12dougreed]

@@sirderam1 So were you there? where did you get your info from?

[@sirderam1]

@UC1BJtm9LjGGilRyNe6vuZ2A
No, I wasn't there. I'm not accusing you of fibbing either. Upon rereading my post, however, I do see how it might be taken that way, for which I apologize.
As I said, with the passage of time since the war, she may have been just being polite.
Information is from an excellent book which gives a detailed account of what was surely one of the most technically difficult and amazingly successful operations of D-Day. The book is by Stephen Ambrose (who also wrote Band of Brothers) and, if I remember correctly, is simply called "Pegasus Bridge".
By the way, taking the bunker with the detonator proved unnecessary in the event. Although it was in place along with all the necessary wiring, the German commander of the bridge had decided not to put the actual explosives in place. He was afraid that the French Resistance might get to them and blow up the bridge, and he assumed that, if there was a landing at the coast, he'd have several hours to prepare before the Allies got that far inland.

[@jpgrau3513]

le ""piper"" sur Pegasus Bridge = un Ecossais très courageux

[@azedineboualem9253]

Oui et non mes allemands ne lui on pas tiré dessus le croyant pour un fou

[@ericregnier2947]

un SEUL MOT Respect envers vous 👍♥️

[@Chti5935]

Respect !!

[@pierrepierrot2325]

Oui respect !

[@LuckyLukix]

Wouldnt be great if this is at the hospitals after the corona virus when we beat this sh#t and can remember again our freedom after war and after lockdown ... the nurses/paramedics etc are the new heroes, #We all stand in this togheter #excuse me for the bad english :-) Greats from a dutch paramedic/army veteran

[@taitthemate]

Beautiful

[@helenrudd7842]

My late grandad was involved in the allied invasion of Europe on d_day he was on gold beach .

[@rab1688]

God bless.

[@rossgeorge245]

Massive respect for that. My great uncle was meant to go to d-day but he got decommissioned after he had a motorbike accident.

[@michaelnikoletseas343]

The Mad Piper's Complaint
Were I a warrior
I'd pipe by your side
wade the shores of Normandy
to a soldier's death
Were I a poet
I'd write songs
of highland lads
piping savage beauty
and love
an old man I am
I hung my pipe on the wall
my fingers fumble
fading faces
of friends forgotten
on foreign lands
endlessly
a tingle down my spine
a tear
these I can
- - - - - - - -
copyright 2019 by Michael Nikoletseas

[@TheDavidfields]

I was there!!!

[@jeanjean9595]

respect !

[@gmmill66]

Highland cathedral another awesome tune

[@susanlittlejohn8054]

written by an englshman,,,,,

[@raygoro3446]

@@susanlittlejohn8054 WRITTEN BY TWO GERMANS, like it or not. 😎

[@susanlittlejohn8054]

@@raygoro3446 fair enough

[@nba2kaii12]

@@susanlittlejohn8054typical English ponce

[@ianbarnes9947]

It's ironic that they chose Highland Cathedral to play, which although is a beautiful piece, is actually German.

[@davidjordan9759]

Yes an God save the King is German, too.

[@paul9541]

and they played it too bloody fast tempo too ! literally lets rattle through the notes !

[@maxencebaudoin7889]

@@davidjordan9759 no god save the king its french

[@kateleblanc604]

Epic!

[@tooyoungtobeold8756]

The woman in the middle must be wearing her grandfather's medals.

[@johnpickford9749]

Pegasus bridge is a green jacket battle honour. Taken by Ox and Bucks L.I. 1st bn R.G.J. Where do the Jocks come into it ?

[@stephenscullion104]

Look up how Lord Lovat and his commandos crossed the bridge with his piper leading the way to relieve. Lord Lovat’s reply to Piper Mullin said army regulations were against pipers at the head, “ “Ah, but that’s the English War Office. You and I are both Scottish, and that doesn’t apply.”

[@maconescotland8996]

@@stephenscullion104 Millin, no 'u' in his name.

[@johnpickford9749]

@@stephenscullion104 but the jock commandos crossed the bridge AFTER it was captured by the OXFORD and BUCKS. Cant get more ENGLISH than them.

[@stephaneroth416]

Super genial

[@user-jw7yc4fq9z]

Хорошо идут! Волынщики молодцы!!!

[@richardmartinusvanmeeteren6309]

We fight them on the beaches The air and land and sea they be defeated

[@vivitosvivitos2856]

❤️👍 highland cathedral

[@ianbarnes9947]

Which is German....oh the irony.

[@pierrederoquefeuil9100]

Tout le musée de Pegasus bridge est la propriété de l’association ASPEG créatrice et détentrice des titres de propriétés.Ce musée a été usurpé par le comité du débarquement avec l’accord de la justice déniant le droit avec l’appuie des autorités ...
Cela fait 19 ans que ce vol a été fait et que la justice corrompue protège rait elle les voleurs..,??

[@douglasmurray4473]

Remember LC David Theodore Dobie 1st battalion parachute regiment DDAY

[@raylumley5019]

The bridges taken and held by a company of the Ox and Bucks were mostly Londoners. then the rest of their comrades from the airborne division they belonged to, tried to unite with them. all of this , but all we hesr about is Lord Lovat and the scots. the 'auld alliance' I suppose.

[@12dougreed]

Yes true, why are the Jocks there?

[@sirderam1]

@@12dougreed
The "Jocks" were there to relieve the Ox and Bucks who had taken and heroically held the bridges against repeated and heavy counter attacks for much longer than originally expected. The reason so much is made of Lord Lovat's arrival is simply because, when the sound of the pipes was heard in the distance, those troops who had so gallantly held their ground against all odds knew that deliverance had come at last.

[@Backs4more]

sirderam1 the jocks were not there. Lord Lovat was in command of the 1st Commando Brigade and ordered Bill Millin to play them into Pegusus Bridge, but the Brigade was not Scottish. They were later backed up by the Royal Warwickshire Regiments and elements of the US Infantry.

[@sirderam1]

@@Backs4more
That's why I put "Jocks" in quotes.

[@lesliehall7683]

Another lie nicola

[@scrubsrc4084]

They wouldnt shoot the piper marching to pegaus because it wanst right to shoot a mad man

[@manatworkhoyeahlovegodmade6373]

Love up on you said I

[@griffcrammond6640]

Frissons!!

[@jpgrau3513]

je rectifie mon erreur ,pas ecossais =canadien

[@stephanemarthy7835]

Quelqu un peut me dire le titre de la deuxième musique ???

[@colonvalchristian4326]

Je cherche aussi et plus moyen de trouver... pfff...

[@curtetnicolas3499]

Highland cathédral

[@MyScubasteve]

Its true as much as I love the scots sounds of pipes. Pegasus was taken by oxford and Bucks light infantry, 7th paras and royal marine commandos. It was not taken by a Scottish regiment. No the scots most likely did more than this raid. Black watch well they are just black watch.

[@andrewjohnston4127]

So.....there wasn't any Scots in the paras and commandos?

[@mmarian4569]

what is the name of the song in the second part of the video please?

[@robertfry1295]

"Highland Cathedral"

[@anniehaynes1561]

the most glorious piece of pipe music that and the black bear 😊

[@andrechaud5523]

Robert the Bruce soldiers march

[@jimbarber7621]

highland cathedral ???

[@andrechaud5523]

No Robert the Bruce march first played by the Scottish soldiers with Joan of Arc in Orlean

[@shotgunnicky8581]

when Nicola sturgeon takes u into Europe your royal tital has gone your a euro regiment and no longer going to represent the queen...independent euro regiment

[@davidlivingstone9190]

shotgunnicky8581 wee Kranky has no chance!

[@northscot9862]

@@davidlivingstone9190 DREAM ON IDIOT, WHO RULES SCOTLAND, AN AW YOU FUCKING CRAWLERS ARE FUCKED, AWA HAME TAE YER MAISTERS AN SEE HOW WELCOME YE ARE. THEY WILL FUCKING HUNT YE BECAUSE YE ARE NAE LONGER AE USE TAE THEM, THEN WHERE ARE YE GAWNY GO. SAOR ALBA GU BRATH

[@michaelmartin9135]

That sounds good to me so who will fight england battles

[@romancmiel8562]

Niech bedzie pochwalony Jesus Chrystus i jego matka `swieta dziewica Maryja - Krölowa Polski

[@alanbbrady8196]

Wha's like us?

[@davedoogan6650]

Feck! these guys wear their tartan like bling, shortbread tin stuff.

[@WootTootZoot]

Could have used a tuning up session

[@moragwilson8574]

Oh we love oor shortbread, oor Porridge and Oor Wullie but we love other countries bit we ae think hames best love to all xx

[@johnfitzpatrick4007]

Dave doogan jealousy is a terrible thing.

[@stevebird7265]

I don't like Highland Cathedral played at that tempo.

[@Backs4more]

It’s also a rather strange tune to pick. Composed by a German some 37 years after The Normandy invasion with absolutely no links what so ever to the bridge, the men or indeed, the allied forces.

[@maddalenaalesse8091]

Medici? Covid 19? Non ci sono eroi........

[@bigboaby555]

why they chose to play a bagpipe tune written by two German composers i dont know

[@duncancallum]

Because we Scots love the tune ,and you Big boaby kens that .

[@bigboaby555]

@@duncancallum cant say i'm keen on it .

[@jaymylotto8134]

I love the bagpipes. But the crossdressing girlies dressed up as soldiers ruin it.

[@pansmith5431]

Grow up. The kilt is the National Dress of Scotland. What do the Enlish Have?????

[@jaymylotto8134]

@@pansmith5431
Male dress. Not female. Letting women crossdress like that is a national disgrace.

[@jamescameron6677]

Only a coward or a person of low IQ ,would use this media to make such a comment - when we are honoring the memory of a brave man

[@jaymylotto8134]

@@jamescameron6677
Only a cowardly emasculated culture would hide behind its womenfolk to defend itself.

[@Ambidexter143]

@@jaymylotto8134 Grow up, boy, and learn to be a man, not a whiny little brat.