in landings during North African Campaign with an Infantry unit and later served with a Special Air Unit in Italy as patrol and guard on small detachments lying-up
Rip, saving a young boy from a bombed-out building in Lonâdon, England.
in enemy territory. His presence with these parties saved many of them from discovery and subsequent capture or destruction. Rob made over 20 parachute descents.â
Thorn â Alsatian
MAP Serving with Civil Defence
Date of Award: March 2, 1945
âFor locating air-raid casualties in spite of thick smoke in a burning building.â
Rifleman Khan â Alsatian
147 6th Battalion Cameronians (SR)
Date of Award: March 27, 1945
âFor rescuing L/Cpl. Muldoon from drowning under heavy shell fire at the assault of Walcheren, November 1944, while serving with the 6th Cameronians (SR).â
Rex â Alsatian
MAP Civil Defence Rescue Dog
Date of Award: April 1945
âFor outstanding good work in the location of casualties in burning buildings. Undaunted by smoldering debris, thick smoke, intense heat and jets of water from fire hoses, this dog displayed uncanny intelligence and outstanding determination in his efforts to follow up any scent which led him to a trapped casualty.â
Sheila â Collie
Date of Award: July 2, 1945
âFor assisting in the rescue of four American Airmen lost on the Cheviots in a blizzard after an air crash in December, 1944.â
Rip â Mongrel
Stray picked up by Civil Defence Squad at Poplar, London E14
Date of Award: 1945
âFor locating many air-raid victims during the blitz of 1940.â
Peter â Collie
Date of Award: November 1945
âFor locating victims trapped under blitzed buildings while serving with the MAP attached to Civil Defence of London.â
Judy â Pedigree Pointer
Date of Award: May 1946
âFor magnificent courage and endurance in Japanese prison camps, which helped to maintain morale among her fellow prisoners and also for saving many lives through her intelligence and watchfulness.â
Punch and Judy â Boxer dog and bitch
Date of Awards: November 1946
âThese dogs saved the lives of two British Officers in Israel by attacking an armed terrorist who was stealing upon them unawares and thus warning them of their danger. Punch
Peter with King George and Queen Elizabeth.
sustained 4 bullet wounds and Judy a long graze down her back.â
Punch, a boxer dog.
Ricky â Welsh Collie
Date of Award: March 29, 1947
âThis dog was engaged in cleaning the verges of the canal bank at Nederweent, Holland. He found all the mines but during the operation one of them exploded. Ricky was wounded in the head but remained calm and kept at work. Had he become excited he would have been a danger to the rest of the section working nearby.â
Brian â Alsatian
Date of Award: March 29, 1947
âThis patrol dog was attached to a Parachute Battalion of the 13th Battalion Airborne Division. He landed in Normandy with them and, having done the requisite number of jumps, became a fully-qualified Paratrooper.â
Antis â Alsatian
Date of Award: January 28, 1949
âOwned by a Czech airman, this dog served with him in the French Air Force and RAF from 1940 to 1945, both in N. Africa and England. Returning to Czechoslovakia after the war, he substantially helped his masterâs escape across the frontier when after the death of Jan Masaryk, he had to fly from the Communists.â
Rickyâs grave.
Ricky was a little Welsh colâlie used in a mine-sweeping operation on a canal bank in Nederweent, Holland. He found all the mines, but was injured when one exploded.
Ricky kept workâing despite his wounds.
Tich â Egyptian Mongrel
1st Battalion Kingâs Royal Rifle Corps
Date of Award: July 1, 1949
âFor loyalty, courage and devotion to duty under hazardous conditions of war 1941 to 1945, while serving with the 1st Kingâs Rifle Corps in North