Autographs of Bill Millin

William Millin (July 14, 1922 – August 18, 2010), commonly known as Piper Bill, was a Canadian musician who played bagpipes, and was personal piper to Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat, commander of the British 1 Special Service Brigade at D-Day. More about Bill Millin

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Current items with a signature of Bill Millin

These are the most current items with a signature of Bill Millin that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.

Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnailInvasion Signed 1st Edition Paperback Piper Bill Millin 1991 £55.00logo
Millin was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, on July 14, 1922, to a father of Scottish origin who moved the family to the Prairies, but returned to Glasgow as a policeman when William was three. He grew up and went to school in the Shettleston area of the city. He joined the Territorial Army in Fort William, where his family had moved, and played in the pipe bands of the Highland Light Infantry and the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders before volunteering as a commando and training with Lovat at Achnacarry along with French, Dutch, Belgian, Polish, Norwegian, and Czechoslovak troops.

Millin is best remembered for playing the pipes whilst under fire during the D-Day landing in Normandy. Pipers had traditionally been used in battle by Scottish and Irish soldiers. However, the use of bagpipes was restricted to rear areas by the time of the Second World War by the British Army. Lovat, nevertheless, ignored these orders and ordered Millin, then aged 21, to play. When Private Millin demurred, citing the regulations, he recalled later, Lord Lovat replied: "Ah, but that's the English War Office. You and I are both Scottish, and that doesn't apply." Read even more about Bill Millin at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Bill Millin

In total, we tracked 187 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.

The most expensive item with a signature of Bill Millin (D-Day Pegasus Bridge FDC signed by Lord Lovat and Piper Bill Millin- UACC DEALER) was sold in July 2023 for £300.00 while the cheapest item (1985 THE HISTORIC MARCH OF PIPER BILL MILLIN SIGNED BY HENRY BROWN COVER 32/50) found a new owner for £0.99 in October 2018. The month with the most items sold (15) was July 2018 with an average selling price of £23.00 for an autographed item of Bill Millin. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2023 with £300.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £5.51 was May 2013. In average, an autographed item from Bill Millin is worth £26.00.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Bill Millin were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnail Invasion (signed), Piper Bill Millin, Anon, 1997, Paperback £20.99logo
thumbnail1985 Normandy - March of Piper Bill Millin Cover Signed by him£21.00logo
thumbnailD-Day Pegasus Bridge FDC signed by Lord Lovat and Piper Bill Millin- UACC DEALER£300.00logo
thumbnailHISTORIC MARCH OF PIPER BILL MILLIN COVERS SIGNED SWEENEY VON LUCK GONDREE X 4£25.00logo
thumbnailInvasion by Bill Millin. Second edition 1997, Signed by author£15.00logo
thumbnailINVASION, Piper Bill Millin - Signed by Author £14.65logo
thumbnailINVASION, Piper Bill Millin - Signed by Author £19.65logo
thumbnailLord Lovat & Piper Bill Millin signed flown cover 1985 - 40th Anniversary VE Day£52.01logo
thumbnailOperation Overlord signed by W.H.(Bill) Millin Piper Sword Beach Pegasus Bridge£25.95logo
thumbnailPiper Bill Millin - hand signed - D-Day Sword Beach Normandy - Canada£15.29logo
thumbnailWW2 D-Day Pegasus Bridge FDC signed by Piper Bill Millin£175.00logo
thumbnailWW2 D-Day Pegasus Bridge FDC signed by Piper Bill Millin & Lord Lovat!£275.00logo
thumbnailWW2 THE HISTORIC MARCH OF PIPER BILL MILLIN PEGASUS BRIDGE 1944 COVER SIGNED£19.99logo
thumbnailWW2- BILL MILLIN - THE PIPER OF D-DAY- HAND SIGNED OPERATION OVERLORD COVERS X 3£10.00logo
thumbnailWW2- BILL MILLIN - THE PIPER OF D-DAY- HAND SIGNED OPERATION OVERLORD FDC£5.60logo