Military piper pays tribute to D-Day soldiers on gold beach
A military piper has begun commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy by playing a lament at sea at the exact moment of the beach invasion in 1944.
Royal family members and world leaders are set to gather with veterans in the northern French region to mark the occasion on Thursday.
At Gold Beach in Arromanches, Major Trevor Macey-Lillie paid tribute to fallen veterans, who led the biggest seaborne invasion in military history, by playing Highland Laddie as he came ashore.
The piece was also to remember a lone piper who played in the Normandy landings and was never shot at.
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