Retired police K-9 to be honored in D.C. for service to Springfield
A retired Springfield Police K-9 is set to be honored in Washington D.C. for his service in our community. Mr. Warner and his ...
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THE ANIMALS' VC
The Medal came into being in 1943 at the suggestion of a pioneering woman, Maria Dickin, who had founded the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) in 1917. During the Second World War she ...
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Dickin Medal: PDSA hands animals 80th anniversary bravery awards
Since its introduction in 1943, the Dickin Medal has been awarded 75 times to 38 dogs, 32 World War Two messenger pigeons, four horses and one cat. Regarded as the animal equivalent of the ...
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Purple wreath launched to remember animals in war
Scottish soldier Jimmy Muldoon with Khan the German Shepherd who served in the British Army during World War Two Animals are to be ... was awarded the PDSA Dickin Medal in an honorary parade ...