Cats in the Second World War

We have previously written about Simon, the ship’s cat on board HMS Amethyst, and the only feline holder of the Dickin medal – the animal’s VC.  However, there is another cat who was decorated for her courage…  Faith was the tabby and white coloured church cat of St Faith & St Augustine, Watling Street, just to the east [...]

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Service for animal war heroes

An unusual memorial service took place yesterday at the PDSA animal cemetery in Ilford, Essex, which is the burial place of twelve recipients of the Dickin Medal (the animal’s Victoria Cross).   Among them are Simon, ship’s cat on HMS Amethyst during the Yangtze Incident, whom we’ve written about before.  Read more about Dickin Medal winner, Simon The service was [...]

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Arms and the cat

Richard, one of our volunteers, has been looking into war memorials to cats. ————————————————————- Animals such as horses and elephants have been pressed into military service since classical times, and also used have been dogs, camels, oxen, mules, donkeys, pigeons and various other ‘humble beasts ‘. Of the animal memorials on the UKNIWM database, those [...]

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