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...

Dickin Medal Billy, a Second World War homing pigeon awarded the Dickin Medal Broad Arrow, a Second World War homing pigeon awarded the Dickin Medal Canuck...

People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) in 1917. The Dickin Medal is named for her. Maria Dickin was born in 1870 in South Hackney, Middlesex (now in...

awarded the Dickin Medal after capturing an insurgent whilst shot during the War in Afghanistan. Mali, British Army Malinois awarded the Dickin Medal after...

blitzed buildings, awarded the Dickin Medal in 1945. Gander, a Newfoundland, was posthumously awarded the Dickin Medal for his feats during the Battle...

Sadie, (1996-2019), a black Labrador Retriever, was a recipient of the Dickin Medal, the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross. She was awarded for detecting...

pigeons were presented with the Dickin Medal. Medals such as the Croix de Guerre, awarded to Cher Ami, and the Dickin Medal awarded to the pigeons G.I. Joe...

There have been five equine recipients of the Dickin Medal since its creation in 1943. The first three were British horses Regal, Olga, and Upstart, followed...

collapsed, feats which were later recognized when they were awarded the Dickin Medal by the British charity the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals. Roselle...

including war pigeons, such as the 32 pigeons who were awarded the Dickin Medal for "brave service" to their country, in World War II. Pigeon is a French...

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September 11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina. Salty and Roselle, awarded the Dickin Medal for conspicuous gallantry or devotion to duty while serving in military...

awarded Lucca the Dickin Medal. It is considered to be the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross, and was the 67th time that the medal has been awarded...

thirteen recipients of the Dickin Medal for bravery (a fifth of all Dickin Medal recipients are buried at Ilford). The first Dickin Medal recipient to be buried...

of American animals in war and peace. The medal was created to be the American equivalent of the Dickin Medal, awarded in the UK for any animal displaying...

attack and guard dogs in times of war. Punch and Judy were awarded the Dickin Medal for conspicuous gallantry or devotion to duty while serving in a military...

Amethyst. In 1949, during the Yangtze Incident, he received the PDSA's Dickin Medal after surviving injuries from an artillery shell, raising morale, and...

terrier, was a Second World War search and rescue dog who was awarded the Dickin Medal for bravery in 1945. He was found in Poplar, London, in 1940 by an Air...

"Pigeon – NPS.41.NS.4230") was a Canadian war pigeon who received the Dickin Medal for bravery in service during the Second World War. On 19 August 1942...

Winkie was a pigeon who won the Dickin Medal in 1943 for assisting in the rescue of an aircrew forced to ditch in the North Sea during the Second World...

Punch and Judy were a pair of dogs that received the Dickin Medal from the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals for bravery in service in Israel in 1946...

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Awarded the Dickin Medal for conspicuous gallantry or devotion to duty while serving in military conflict: Theo Buster Awarded the PDSA Gold Medal for animal...

during the Battle of Hong Kong in 1941, and was posthumously awarded the Dickin Medal, the "animals' Victoria Cross", in 2000 for his deeds in the course of...

off in England. Pal, who played Lassie (see below). Peter, awarded the Dickin Medal for conspicuous gallantry or devotion to duty while serving in military...

42.31066, was a pigeon of the RAF pigeon service. He was awarded the Dickin Medal, also known as the animals' Victoria Cross, for bringing the first report...

The Gold Medal is considered as the civilian equivalent to PDSA's Dickin Medal for military animals. An animal can be awarded the PDSA Gold Medal if it assists...

General Jack Seely in the First World War from 1914 to 1918; awarded the Dickin Medal in 2014 Wexy, the war horse of the then Prince of Orange, Prince Willem...

addition to being presented with multiple medals, he was the only cat to have won the PDSA's Dickin Medal, for his rat-catching and morale-boosting activities...

cock bird that became a recipient of the Dickin Medal. Many other NPS pigeons also received the Dickin Medal. Pigeons were used by a variety of services...