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WWI HORSE HONORED WITH DICKIN MEDALOne interesting and very rare medal is the
Dickin Medal, awarded to animals for bravery and service.
Recipients have included dogs, horses and even carrier pigeons.
At a recent ceremony one of the medals was awarded posthumously
to a gallant WWI horse. -Editor
The Honorary PDSA Dickin Medal is being presented posthumously to famous war horse Warrior, dubbed "the horse the Germans could not kill" at a special ceremony today. The award, presented in the centenary year of the First World War, is the first honorary PDSA Dickin Medal ever presented in the veterinary charity's 97-year history as a recognition of the gallantry showed by all the animals that served on the front line during the conflict. The medal will be accepted by author and broadcaster Brough Scott MBE, grandson of Warrior's owner and rider General Jack Seely, at a special ceremony compered by Kate Adie OBE at the Imperial War Museum (IWM) London this evening, After arriving on the Western Front on August 11 1914 with Gnrl Seely, Warrior stayed there throughout the war, surviving machine gun attacks and falling shells at the Battle of the Somme. He was dug out of the mud of Passchendaele and twice trapped under the burning beams of his stables, surviving many charges at the enemy and proving an inspiration to the soldiers he was fighting alongside. Despite suffering several injuries, Warrior survived and returned home to the Isle of Wight in 1918, where he lived with the Seely family until his death aged 33. The PDSA Dickin Medal, instituted by the charity's founder Maria Dickin in 1943, is recognised as the highest award an animal can achieve while serving in military conflict. Warrior's award as the first ever First World War recipient of a medal, and the first honorary award, has been recognised by celebrity supporters including Steven Spielberg, director of the Oscar-nominated film War Horse. To read the complete article, see:
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