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PDSA Dickin Medal
PDSA Dickin Medal
	The PDSA Dickin Medal (obverse)
Description	Conspicuous gallantry or devotion to duty while serving in military conflict.
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	People's Dispensary for Sick Animals
First awarded	1943
Website	PDSA Dickin Medal
	PDSA Dickin Medal service ribbon

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The PDSA Dickin Medal was instituted in 1943 in the United Kingdom by Maria Dickin to honour the work of animals in World War II. It is a bronze medallion, bearing the words "For Gallantry" and "We Also Serve" within a laurel wreath, carried on a ribbon of striped green, dark brown, and pale blue.^[1] It is awarded to animals that have displayed "conspicuous gallantry or devotion to duty while serving or associated with any branch of the Armed Forces or Civil Defence Units".^[1] The award is commonly referred to as "the animals' Victoria Cross" (although the Victoria Cross Trust has opposed this association).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Maria Dickin was the founder of the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA), a British veterinary charity. She established the award for any animal displaying conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty whilst serving with British Empire armed forces or civil emergency services. The medal was awarded 54 times between 1943 and 1949 – to 32 pigeons, 18 dogs, 3 horses, and a ship's cat – to acknowledge actions of gallantry or devotion during the Second World War and subsequent conflicts.

Recipients

The first recipients of the award, in December 1943, were three pigeons serving with the Royal Air Force who contributed to the recovery of aircrews from ditched aircraft.^[1] The most recent animal to be cited for the honour is Kuga, a Belgian Malinois who served with the Australian Special Air Service Regiment in Afghanistan in 2012.^[5]

The awarding of the medal was revived in 2000 to honour Gander, a Newfoundland dog, who saved infantrymen during the Battle of Lye Mun. In early 2002, the medal was given in honour of three dogs for their role responding to the September 11 attacks; it was also awarded to two dogs serving with Commonwealth forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iraq. In December 2007, 12 former recipients buried at the PDSA Animal Cemetery in Ilford, Essex, were afforded full military honours at the conclusion of a National Lottery-aided project to restore the cemetery.^[6]^[7]

As of October 2018^[update], the Dickin Medal has been awarded 70 times, plus one honorary award made in 2014 to all the animals that served in the First World War.^[8]

A pigeon, at rest, facing to the right. It has dark feathers on its head and neck, with two dark stripes two-thirds of the way down its pale wings. — William of Orange was awarded the medal in 1945 for delivering a message from Operation Market Garden.

Recipient(s)	Animal	Date of award	Notes	Ref(s)
White Vision	Pigeon	2 December 1943	Delivered a message that led to the rescue of a ditched aircrew in October 1943. She flew 9 hours in bad visibility and heavy weather with strong headwinds.	^[9] ^[10]^[11]
Winkie	Pigeon	2 December 1943	Delivered a message that contributed to the rescue of a ditched aircrew in February 1942	^[12] ^[13] ^[14]
Tyke	Pigeon	2 December 1943	Delivered a message that contributed to the rescue of a ditched aircrew in June 1943	^[15]
Bob	Dog	24 March 1944	A mongrel, worked on patrol at Green Hill, North Africa; served with the 6th Battalion Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment	^[14]
Beach Comber	Pigeon	1 September 1944	Brought the first news of the landings at Dieppe in 1942; served with the Canadian Army	^[14]
Gustav	Pigeon	1 September 1944	Brought the first message from the Normandy beaches on 6 June 1944	^[13]
Paddy	Pigeon	1 September 1944	Held best recorded time with a message from the Normandy Operations in June 1944	^[16] ^[17]
Rip	Dog	1945	A mongrel, located many victims of the air-raids of The Blitz	^[18]
Jet	Dog	12 January 1945	An Alsatian,^[B] assisted in the rescue of persons trapped under blitzed buildings; served with the Civil Defence Service	^[9] ^[14]
Irma	Dog	12 January 1945	An Alsatian,^[B] assisted in the rescue of persons trapped under blitzed buildings; served with the Civil Defence Service	^[9] ^[19]
Beauty	Dog	12 January 1945	A Wirehaired Terrier, assisted in the location of buried air-raid victims; served with a PDSA Rescue Squad	^[9]
Rob	Dog	22 January 1945	A Collie, made over 20 parachute descents during the North African Campaign; served with the Special Air Service (SAS)^[A]	^[9] ^[12] ^[14]
Kenley Lass	Pigeon	March 1945	First pigeon to deliver intelligence from an agent in enemy-occupied France in October 1940; served with the National Pigeon Service. She was parachuted with the agent and released 12 days later to fly 300 miles back to home in less than 7 hours.	^[20]^[21]
Navy Blue	Pigeon	March 1945	Although injured, delivered a message from a raiding party in France, June 1944	^[15]
Flying Dutchman	Pigeon	March 1945	Delivered three messages from agents in the Netherlands; missing in action on the fourth mission in 1944	^[15]
Dutch Coast	Pigeon	March 1945	Delivered an SOS message from a ditched aircrew 288 miles in 7.5 hours in April 1942	^[14]
Commando	Pigeon	March 1945	Delivered three messages from agents in occupied France; served with the National Pigeon Service	^[14]
Royal Blue	Pigeon	March 1945	First pigeon of the war to deliver a message from a forced landed aircraft on the Continent in October 1940	^[15]
Thorn	Dog	2 March 1945	An Alsatian,^[B] located air-raid casualties in a burning building; served with the Civil Defence Service	^[22]
Rifleman Khan	Dog	27 March 1945	An Alsatian,^[B] rescued a soldier from drowning while under heavy shell fire during the assault of Walcheren in November 1944; served with the 6th Battalion Cameronians	^[22]
Rex	Dog	April 1945	An Alsatian,^[B] located casualties in burning buildings; served with the Civil Defence Service	^[14]
Ruhr Express	Pigeon	May 1945	Carried an important message from the Ruhr Pocket in April 1945	^[15]
William of Orange	Pigeon	May 1945	Held the record time for delivering a message from the Arnhem Airborne Operation; served with the National Pigeon Service (Army)	^[23]
Scotch Lass	Pigeon	June 1945	Brought 38 microphotographs across the North Sea from the Netherlands, despite injury, in September 1944	^[15]
Sheila	Dog	2 July 1945	A Collie, assisted in the rescue of four American airmen lost on the Cheviot Hills in a blizzard after a crash in December 1944	^[14]
Billy	Pigeon	August 1945	Delivered a message from a bomber which had been force-landed in 1942	^[15]
Broad Arrow	Pigeon	October 1945	Brought three important messages from the Continent in 1943; served with the National Pigeon Service (Special Section)	^[15]
NPS.42.NS.2780	Pigeon	October 1945	Brought three important messages from the Continent in 1942 and 1943; served with the National Pigeon Service (Special Section)	^[15]
NPS.42.NS.7524	Pigeon	October 1945	Brought three important messages from the Continent in 1942 and 1943; served with the National Pigeon Service (Special Section)	^[15]
Maquis	Pigeon	October 1945	Brought three important messages from the Continent from 1943 and 1944; served with the National Pigeon Service (Special Section)	^[15]
Mary of Exeter	Pigeon	November 1945	Showed outstanding endurance on war service despite injury	^[10] ^[14]
Peter	Dog	November 1945	A Collie, located people trapped under blitzed buildings; served with the Civil Defence Service	^[9] ^[19]
Tommy	Pigeon	February 1946	Delivered a message from the Netherlands to Lancashire in July 1942; served with the National Pigeon Service	^[15]
All Alone	Pigeon	February 1946	Delivered an important message following a flight of over 400 miles in one day in August 1943; served with the National Pigeon Service	^[15]
Judy	Dog	May 1946	A pedigree Pointer, helped keep morale high among fellow prisoners in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp	^[14]
Princess	Pigeon	May 1946	Completed a special mission to Crete, a journey of more than 500 miles over sea, with valuable information	^[13]
Mercury	Pigeon	August 1946	Carried out a special task involving a 480-mile flight from Northern Denmark in 1942; served with the National Pigeon Service (Special Section)	^[24]
NURP.38.BPC.6	Pigeon	August 1946	Made three flights in 1941; served with the National Pigeon Service (Special Section)	^[15]
G.I. Joe	Pigeon	August 1946	Flew 20 miles in as many minutes, delivering a message which is credited with saving over 100 lives; served with the United States Army Pigeon Service	^[13]
Punch and Judy	Dogs	November 1946	Boxers, saved two British officers in Palestine by attacking a nationalist	^[25]
Cologne	Pigeon	1947	Homed from a crashed aircraft over Cologne despite injury in 1943	^[13]
Duke of Normandy	Pigeon	8 January 1947	First bird to arrive with message from Paratroops of 21st Army Group on D Day (6 June 1944); served with the National Pigeon Service	^[14]
NURP.43.CC.1418	Pigeon	8 January 1947	Fastest flight carrying a message from the 6th Airborne Division from Normandy, 7 June 1944; served with the National Pigeon Service	^[15]
DD.43.T.139	Pigeon	February 1947	Brought message of foundered ship in the Huon Gulf in time to salvage it and its cargo; served with the Royal Australian Corps of Signals	^[14]
DD.43.Q.879	Pigeon	February 1947	Only survivor of three pigeons released to warn of an impending counter-attack at Manus Island. Reached headquarters in time to extract a US Marine Corps patrol; served with the Royal Australian Corps of Signals	^[20]
Ricky	Dog	29 March 1947	A Welsh Collie, located mines along a canal bank at Nederweert in the Netherlands, despite being injured by one	^[14]
Bing	Dog	29 March 1947	An Alsatian,^[B] parachuted into Normandy with 13th Battalion, 6th Airborne Division.	^[9] ^[26]
Olga	Horse	11 April 1947	Controlled traffic and assisted rescue operations following a flying bomb explosion in Tooting; served with the police	^[9] ^[14]
Upstart	Horse	11 April 1947	Controlled traffic following a flying bomb exploding in Bethnal Green; served with the police	^[9] ^[14]
Regal	Horse	11 April 1947	Remained calm despite being subject to stable fires in Muswell Hill caused by explosive incendiaries on two separate occasions	^[9] ^[14]
Simon	Cat	August 1949	HMS Amethyst's ship's cat, awarded for "gallantry under fire" and for the disposal of many rats despite shrapnel injuries during the Yangtze Incident in 1949	^[18]
Antis	Dog	28 January 1949	An Alsatian,^[B] served with Václav Robert Bozděch, a Czech airman, in the French Air Force and in the No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF in Britain, and helped his master escape after the death of Jan Masaryk	^[27]
Tich	Dog	1 July 1949	A mongrel, awarded for courage and devotion between 1941–45; served with the 1st Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps	^[18]
Gander	Dog	27 October 2000	A Newfoundland, saved Canadian infantrymen on at least three separate occasions during the Battle of Lye Mun on Hong Kong Island in December 1941; killed in action gathering a grenade	^[19]
Appollo	Dog	5 March 2002	An Alsatian,^[B] received the award on behalf of all search-and-rescue dogs who assisted in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in 2001	^[28]
Salty and Roselle	Dogs	5 March 2002	Labrador guide dogs, led their blind owners down more than 70 flights of stairs to escape from the damaged World Trade Center in September 2001	^[28]
Sam	Dog	14 January 2003	An Alsatian,^[B] brought down an armed man and held back rioters while serving in Bosnia and Herzegovina in April 1998; served with The Royal Canadian Regiment on assignment from the Royal Army Veterinary Corps	^[29]
Buster	Dog	9 December 2003	A Springer Spaniel, located a weapons arsenal in Safwan, Southern Iraq in March 2003; served with the Duke of Wellington's Regiment	^[12] ^[14]
Lucky	Dog	6 February 2007	An Alsatian,^[B] the only member of a four-dog team to survive tracking nationalists in Malaya from 1949 to 1952; served with the Royal Air Force Police	^[30]
Sadie	Dog	6 February 2007	A Labrador, detected explosive devices, which were subsequently disarmed, while serving in Kabul, Afghanistan, in November 2005; served with the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment	^[31]
Treo	Dog	24 February 2010	A Labrador-Spaniel crossbreed, located improvised explosive devices while serving in Helmand Province, Afghanistan in August and September 2008; served with Royal Army Veterinary Corps	^[32]^[33]
Theo	Dog	25 October 2012	A Springer Spaniel, who located improvised explosive devices while serving in Afghanistan, holds the record for most operational finds by an arms and explosives search dog with 14. Died from an apparent seizure after his handler was killed by enemy fire earlier that day.	^[34]
Sasha	Dog	29 April 2014	A Labrador who located 15 improvised explosive devices, mortars, mines, and weapons while serving in Afghanistan, with the Royal Army Veterinary Corps. In July 2008 Sasha and her handler were killed in a Taliban ambush by a rocket-propelled grenade.^[35]	^[36]
Warrior	Horse	2 September 2014	Honorary award to a First World War warhorse to commemorate the contributions of all animals during the conflict.	^[37]
Diesel	Dog	28 December 2015	A Belgian Malinois RAID assault dog employed by the French police who was killed by suspected terrorists in the 2015 Saint-Denis raid on 18 November 2015 in Paris.	^[38]
Lucca	Dog	5 April 2016	A German Shepherd who worked with the United States Marine Corps for six years before losing a leg in an IED explosion.	^[39]
Reckless	Horse	28 July 2016	A Mongolian mare who worked with the United States Marine Corps in the Korean War. She made 51 solo trips to resupply multiple front line units.	^[40]
Mali	Dog	17 November 2017	A Belgian Malinois that worked with the Special Boat Service in Afghanistan in 2012. During an 8-hour assault against a Taliban position, the dog indicated the locations of enemy combatants, despite being injured three times by grenade explosions.	^[41]
Kuga	Dog	26 October 2018	A Belgian Malinois, for actions during an Australian Special Operations Task Group patrol in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Kuga, who was shot five times during the action, served with the Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) from 2008 until his death from wounds in 2012.	^[5]

A ^ Rob was awarded the Dickin Medal in 1945 for taking part in more than 20 parachute drops and for his involvement in operations behind enemy lines in Italy and North Africa during the Second World War. There is evidence that his record is a hoax concocted by the training officer at 2nd SAS at the time so that the dog would remain with the regiment.^[42]^[43]^[44]
B ^ The German Shepherd Dog breed was renamed in the UK by The Kennel Club in 1919 to Alsatian Wolf Dog. During the 1920s, the Wolf Dog part of the name fell out of use and dogs of this breed were simply known as Alsatians.^[45] The name had been reverted in most countries by 1977 to German Shepherd Dog.^[46]

References

General

"Dickin medal pigeons". People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA). Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
"Dickin medal dogs". PDSA. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
"Dickin medal cats". PDSA. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
"Dickin medal horses". PDSA. Retrieved 2 March 2010.

Specific

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "PDSA Dickin Medal". PDSA. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Military search dog to receive animals' Victoria Cross". Ministry of Defence. 8 February 2010. Archived from the original on 15 March 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "The Animals' VC". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
^ "There is NO such thing as an Animal VC". Twitter. Victoria Cross Trust. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
^ ^a ^b "PDSA Dickin Medal Citation: Kuga, Special Operations Military Working Dog". Austrlian Army. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
^ Clout, Laura (14 December 2007). "A better resting place for the animal VCs". The Daily Telegraph. p. 12.
^ "Celebrity to open animal Garden of Remembrance". PDSA. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "PDSA Dickin Medal". PDSA. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "UK honors glow worm war heroes". CNN. 24 November 2004. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
^ ^a ^b Bell, Sarah (13 December 2007). "Fitting tribute to animal heroes". BBC News. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
^ Cleaver, Hylton (June 1951). "They've earned their corn". Men Only: 99.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Animal war heroes statue unveiled". BBC News. 24 November 2004. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Herbert, Ian (23 March 2005). "The hero of the latest British war movie is a pigeon called Valiant. A flight of fancy? No, it's based on real life". The Independent. London. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "Animals at War captions" (PDF). Imperial War Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "Dickin medal pigeons". PDSA. Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Shulman, Calvin (11 December 2007). "Top 50 greatest sporting animals". The Times. London. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
^ "Paddy the pigeon decorated for bravery in fight against Hitler". The Belfast Telegraph. 16 September 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Ilford Animal Cemetery". PDSA. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c Judd, Terri (16 August 2000). "'Animal VC' will honour Gander's dash for grenade". The Independent. London. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
^ ^a ^b Clive D. L. Wynne. Do animals think?. Princeton University Press. p. 153. ISBN 0-691-11311-4.
^ Cleaver, Hylton (June 1951). "They've earned their corn". Men Only: 101.
^ ^a ^b "Dickin medal dogs". People's Dispensary for Sick Animals. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Royal Signals Museum – Recent Articles". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 31 July 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Catch the Pigeon". National Army Museum. Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Dickin medal dogs". PDSA. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "The PDSA Dickin Medal". Paradata.org.uk. Archived from the original on 24 August 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Velinger, Jan (18 March 2009). "The story of a Czech WW II airman and his remarkable dog". Radio Prague. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Life Saving" (PDF). Imperial War Museum London. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
^ Tibbetts, Graham (20 December 2002). "Army dog Sam wins a posthumous 'VC'". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
^ Gabbatt, Adam (24 February 2010). "Heroic labrador awarded animals' Victoria Cross". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
^ "In pictures: Sadie the hero dog gets a medal". BBC. 6 February 2007. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
^ Heyhoe, Dave (2012). It's All About Treo: Life and War with the World's Bravest Dog. London: Quercus. ISBN 978-1-780-87396-1.
^ "Sniffer dog Treo is honoured with PDSA Dickin Medal". BBC News. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
^ "Army dog given posthumous medal for Afghanistan work". BBC News. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
^ "Army dog killed in Afghanistan given posthumous medal". BBC News. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
^ "British army dog awarded bravery medal for work in Afghanistan". The Guardian. London. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
^ "World War One: Warhorse Warrior awarded Dickin Medal". BBC News. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
^ "Tragic French Police Dog Diesel to receive supreme honour for gallantry". PDSA. 27 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^ "PDSA Dickin Medal for Lucca". PDSA. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
^ Bailey, Nancy (28 July 2016). "U.S. Marine Horse 'Sgt Reckless' Awarded Posthumous Medal Of Valor". The Inquisitr News. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
^ Rawlinson, Kevin. "Army dog wins 'animal Victoria Cross' for Taliban counterattack". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
^ Malvern, Jack (20 July 2006). "War heroics were a shaggy dog story". The Times. London. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
^ Malvern, Jack (24 February 2010). "Dickin Medal awarded to Treo the bomb-sniffing military labrador". The Times. London. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
^ Alleyne, Richard (21 July 2006). "SAS reports of canine heroics 'just a shaggy dog story'". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
^ Stevens, Katrina (June 2002). The German Shepherd Dog: A Comprehensive Guide to Buying, Owning, and Training. Breed Basics. Willow Creek Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-57223-512-0. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
^ Mantellato, Lisa (2008). Getting to Know German Shepherds. Animal Info. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-921537-09-7. Retrieved 5 March 2010.

External links

"The PDSA Animal Awards Programme". PDSA. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
"World Wars I and II". American Racing Pigeon Union. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
"War of the Birds (2005)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 4 March 2010. A documentary about pigeons involved in the Second World War, many of whom won the Dickin Medal
"In pictures: Heroic dogs". BBC News. 17 May 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2010. Images of Beauty, Rip, Jet, Rex and Irma

[pdsa-1] "PDSA Dickin Medal". PDSA. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[modtreo-2] "Military search dog to receive animals' Victoria Cross". Ministry of Defence. 8 February 2010. Archived from the original on 15 March 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[3] "The Animals' VC". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 3 March 2010.

[4] "There is NO such thing as an Animal VC". Twitter. Victoria Cross Trust. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.

[Kuga-5] "PDSA Dickin Medal Citation: Kuga, Special Operations Military Working Dog". Austrlian Army. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.

[6] Clout, Laura (14 December 2007). "A better resting place for the animal VCs". The Daily Telegraph. p. 12.

[7] "Celebrity to open animal Garden of Remembrance". PDSA. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[8] "PDSA Dickin Medal". PDSA. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.

[cnn-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "UK honors glow worm war heroes". CNN. 24 November 2004. Retrieved 27 February 2010.

[bbc2-10] Bell, Sarah (13 December 2007). "Fitting tribute to animal heroes". BBC News. Retrieved 27 February 2010.

[11] Cleaver, Hylton (June 1951). "They've earned their corn". Men Only: 99.

[bbc-12] "Animal war heroes statue unveiled". BBC News. 24 November 2004. Retrieved 27 February 2010.

[indy-13] Herbert, Ian (23 March 2005). "The hero of the latest British war movie is a pigeon called Valiant. A flight of fancy? No, it's based on real life". The Independent. London. Retrieved 27 February 2010.

[iwm-14] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "Animals at War captions" (PDF). Imperial War Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[pdsapigeon-15] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "Dickin medal pigeons". PDSA. Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[16] Shulman, Calvin (11 December 2007). "Top 50 greatest sporting animals". The Times. London. Retrieved 27 February 2010.

[17] "Paddy the pigeon decorated for bravery in fight against Hitler". The Belfast Telegraph. 16 September 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2010.

[ilford-18] "Ilford Animal Cemetery". PDSA. Retrieved 27 February 2010.

[indy2-19] Judd, Terri (16 August 2000). "'Animal VC' will honour Gander's dash for grenade". The Independent. London. Retrieved 27 February 2010.

[think-20] Clive D. L. Wynne. Do animals think?. Princeton University Press. p. 153. ISBN 0-691-11311-4.

[21] Cleaver, Hylton (June 1951). "They've earned their corn". Men Only: 101.

[pdsadogs-22] "Dickin medal dogs". People's Dispensary for Sick Animals. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[23] "Royal Signals Museum – Recent Articles". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 31 July 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}

[24] "Catch the Pigeon". National Army Museum. Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[pdsadog-25] "Dickin medal dogs". PDSA. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[paradatabrian-26] "The PDSA Dickin Medal". Paradata.org.uk. Archived from the original on 24 August 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[27] Velinger, Jan (18 March 2009). "The story of a Czech WW II airman and his remarkable dog". Radio Prague. Retrieved 3 January 2010.

[wtc-28] "Life Saving" (PDF). Imperial War Museum London. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2009.

[29] Tibbetts, Graham (20 December 2002). "Army dog Sam wins a posthumous 'VC'". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 27 February 2010.

[30] Gabbatt, Adam (24 February 2010). "Heroic labrador awarded animals' Victoria Cross". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 27 February 2010.

[31] "In pictures: Sadie the hero dog gets a medal". BBC. 6 February 2007. Retrieved 27 February 2010.

[32] Heyhoe, Dave (2012). It's All About Treo: Life and War with the World's Bravest Dog. London: Quercus. ISBN 978-1-780-87396-1.

[treo-33] "Sniffer dog Treo is honoured with PDSA Dickin Medal". BBC News. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2010.

[theo-34] "Army dog given posthumous medal for Afghanistan work". BBC News. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.

[35] "Army dog killed in Afghanistan given posthumous medal". BBC News. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.

[guardiansasha-36] "British army dog awarded bravery medal for work in Afghanistan". The Guardian. London. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.

[warrior-37] "World War One: Warhorse Warrior awarded Dickin Medal". BBC News. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.

[diesel-38] "Tragic French Police Dog Diesel to receive supreme honour for gallantry". PDSA. 27 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.

[lucca-39] "PDSA Dickin Medal for Lucca". PDSA. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.

[40] Bailey, Nancy (28 July 2016). "U.S. Marine Horse 'Sgt Reckless' Awarded Posthumous Medal Of Valor". The Inquisitr News. Retrieved 29 July 2016.

[Rawlinson-41] Rawlinson, Kevin. "Army dog wins 'animal Victoria Cross' for Taliban counterattack". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 November 2017.

[Times-42] Malvern, Jack (20 July 2006). "War heroics were a shaggy dog story". The Times. London. Retrieved 2 March 2010.

[43] Malvern, Jack (24 February 2010). "Dickin Medal awarded to Treo the bomb-sniffing military labrador". The Times. London. Retrieved 27 February 2010.

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v t e Dickin Medal recipients
Cats	Simon
Dogs	Antis Apollo Beauty Bing (Brian) Bob Buster Crumstone Irma Diesel Gander Hertz Jet of Iada Judy Kuga Kuno Lucca Lucky Mali Peter Punch and Judy Rex Ricky Rifleman Khan Rip Rob Salty and Roselle Sadie Sam Sasha Sheila Theo Thorn Tich Treo
Horses	Olga Reckless Regal Upstart Warrior
Pigeons	All Alone Beach Comber Billy Broad Arrow Cologne Commando DD.43.Q.879 DD.43.T.139 Duke of Normandy Dutch Coast Flying Dutchman G.I. Joe Gustav Kenley Lass Maquis Mary of Exeter Mercury Navy Blue NPS.42.NS.2780 NPS.42.NS.7524 NURP.38.BPC.6 NURP.43.CC.1418 Paddy Princess Royal Blue Ruhr Express Scotch Lass Tommy Tyke White Vision William of Orange Winkie

v t e War pigeons
Croix de Guerre recipients of World War I	Cher Ami
Dickin Medal recipients of World War II	All Alone Beach Comber Billy Broad Arrow Cologne Commando DD.43.Q.879 DD.43.T.139 Duke of Normandy Dutch Coast Flying Dutchman G.I. Joe Gustav Kenley Lass Maquis Mary of Exeter Mercury Navy Blue NPS.42.NS.2780 NPS.42.NS.7524 NURP.38.BPC.6 NURP.43.CC.1418 Paddy Princess Royal Blue Ruhr Express Scotch Lass Tommy Tyke White Vision William of Orange Winkie
Others	John Silver Leaping Lena (Cold War)
In fiction	The Pigeon That Took Rome Valiant Yankee Doodle Pigeon
Institutions	National Pigeon Service (UK) United States Army Pigeon Service

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Honouring animals

Animals in war

Animals assisting veterans

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