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Old 11-11-2012, 12:47 AM
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The Animals that Served and Lost Life in WWI and WWII

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Horses in World War One

Horses were heavily used in World War One. Horses were involved in the war's first military conflict involving Great Britain - a cavalry attack near Mons in August 1914. Horses were primarily to be used as a form of transport during the war.
Such was the use of horses on the Western Front, that over 8 million died on all sides fighting in the war. Two and a half million horses were treated in veterinary hospitals with about two million being sufficiently cured that they could return to duty.

Pigeons and World War One

Homing/Carrier Pigeons played a vital part in World War One as they proved to be an extremely reliable way of sending messages. Such was the importance of pigeons that over 100,000 were used in the war with an astonishing success rate of 95% getting through to their destination with their message.
A small capsule would be placed around the leg of the pigeon and a paper message was put into the capsule. The bird would be released to fly to its home loft with the message.

Dogs in World War One

Dogs had a vital part to play in World War One as the complexes of trenches spread throughout the Western Front. Dogs were used as messengers and proved to be as reliable as soldiers in the dangerous job of running messages.

Animals in World War Two

The ****in Medal was instituted in 1943 by Maria ****in to honour the work of animals in war.
It is a large bronze medallion, bearing the words "For Gallantry" and "We Also Serve" within a laurel wreath, carried on ribbon of striped green, dark brown and pale blue.

The medal was awarded 54 times between 1943 and 1949, to: 32 pigeons, 18 dogs, 3 horses, 1 cat, to acknowledge actions during the Second World War, after which the medal was officially replaced with the PDSA's non-military Silver Medal.


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Old 11-11-2012, 01:39 AM
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i recently watched an amazing movie called War Horse about one horses journey throughout wartime.....it had me in tears

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7lf9HgFAwQ
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