Piper Bill, Pegasus Bridge, Normandy, 13.00hrs, 6th June 1944 by David Pentland. SQN57 Only two of the ship's

Only two of the ship's 319 crew and trainees survived

Tending the Wounded at Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood Original pencil drawing produced on high quality art paper

the eventual explosion causing the ship to sink in two halves

eventually marrying his daughter

11th - 12th December 1942 by David Pentland

Piper Bill, Pegasus Bridge, Normandy, 13.00hrs, 6th June 1944 by David Pentland. SQN57 Only two of the ship'sDHM1394. Piper Bill, Pegasus Bridge, Normandy, 13. 00hrs, 6th June 1944 by David Pentland. Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade, led by Lord Lovat, are piped past the defenders of the Caen canal (Pegasus) bridge by piper Bill Millin. The bridge was originally taken in a coup de main attack by the gliders of 6th Airborne Divisions D Company, 2nd battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, led by Major John Howard earlier that morning.