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Mary was owned by Cecil "Charlie" Brewer, a bootmaker from Exeter. [1] She served with the National Pigeon Service [2] between 1940 and 1945 [3] carrying top secret messages. [4] Mary made four trips from France to England. [5] She died in 1950 [1] and is buried in Ilford Animal Cemetery. [3] [6]
NURP.38.BPC.6 was a pigeon who received the Dickin Medal in 1946 from the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals for bravery in service during the Second World War. [1]
Most fell victim to the marksmen and falconers that German troops used to intercept these birds along the French coast, while others were killed through bad weather, exhaustion, or by wild birds of prey. [2] Serving with the National Pigeon Service (NPS) during the Second World War, Commando had been given the identification code N.U.R.P.38.EGU ...
Sep. 16—Sophia Houde scored a pair of goals, helping Trinity past Mascoma Valley 5-1 in girls soccer on Friday. Sydney Demers, Amely Collado and Mackenzie Goldstein also scored for the Pioneers ...
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]
Exeter had a team score of 192, beating Concord (193), Pinkerton (209) and Merrimack (227). Burke Degen shot a 38 for the Blue Hawks, and Jack Harrington had a 39. York sweeps three-team match
The Dover and Winnacunnet high school field hockey teams played to a 1-1 tie on Wednesday in a Division I contest at Dover.
Mary of Exeter (1945) G.I. Joe (1946) Gustav (1944) Beach Comber (1944) Royal Blue (1945) A grand ceremony was held in Buckingham Palace to commemorate a platoon of pigeons that braved the battlefields of Normandy to deliver vital plans to Allied forces on the fringes of Germany. [25]