The Great Messengers of War

[jimmy white]

through this post i shall endeaver to post each pigeon [and a short word about them]

that were awarded the pdsa dicken medal,,,the animals v,c,

  off course there were hundreds more, that performed heroic deeds,

  if it werent for these pigeons, a lot of us would not be here today

         these will just be posted at random,

[jimmy white]

WHITE VISION

surp 41l 3089,,,date of award 2 dec 1943,

"for delivering a message under exceptionally difficult conditions and so contributing to the rescue of an air crew while serving in the r.a.f in october 1943"

[ALF]

Brilliant thread Jimmy keep them coming ;D ;D ;D

[jimmy white]

WINKIE

pigeon nehu 40 ns 1

date of award 2 december 1943

"for delivering a message under extremely exceptionally difficult conditions and so contributing to the rescue of an air crew while serving r,a.f.in febuary 1942"

[Guest]

good stuff doc---how come winkie nehu --ross  b/ferry dundee

[Chatrace]

Have you found GI Joe

[jimmy white]

TYKE [ ALSO KNOWN AS GEORGE]

pigeon number 1263 meps 43

date of award 2 december 1943

"for delivering a message under exceptionally difficult conditions and so contributing to the rescue of an air crew, while serving with the r.a.f in the mediteranean sea in june 1943"

[jimmy white]

BEACH COMBER

pigeon no,  nps 41 ns 4230

 

date of award 6 march 1944

"for bringing the first news to this country of the landing in Dieppe, under hard conditions, in sep, 1942, while serving with the canadian army"

[the stoat]

doc is that you just found that information you were going to show me this afternoon  ;D ;D good reading keep up the good work   :)

[jimmy white]

GUSTAV

pigeon nps 42 31066

date of award 1 september 1944

"for delivering the first message from the normandy beaches from a ship off...head while serving with the r.a.f. on 6 june 1944"

[jimmy white]

PADDY

pigeon nps 43 9451

date of award 1 september 1944

"for the best recorded time with a message from the normandy operations, with the r.a.f.in june 19 44"

[jimmy white]

KENLEY LASS

pigeon no. nurp 36 jh 190

date of award march 1946

"for being the first oigeon to be used with success for secret communication agent in enemy occupied France while serving with the n.p.s in october 1940

[jimmy white]

NAVY BLUE

pigeon n.p.s. 41 ns 2862

DATE OF AWARD MARCH 1945

"FOR DELIVERING AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE RAIDING PARTY ON THE WEST COAST, ALTHOUGH INJURED, WHILE SERVING WITH THE R.A.F. IN JUNE 1944

[jimmy white]

FLYING DUTCH MAN

PIGEON N.P.S.42 NS 44802

date of award march 1945

"for successfully delivering messages from agents in holland on three occasions [think it says] killed on 4th mission while serving with the r.a.f in 1944

[jimmy white]

DUTCH COAST

pigeon no, nurp 41 a 4480

date of award march 1945

"for delivering an s,o,s, from a ditched air crew close to the enemy coast 280 miles in 7 and a half hours   under unfavourable conditions, while serving in the r.a,f,

[jimmy white]

COMMANDO

pigeon nurp 38 egu 242

date of award march 1945

"forsuccessfully delivering messages from agents in occupied France, twiceunder exceptionaly adverse conditions, while serving in  the n.p.s.

[jimmy white]

ROYAL BLUE

pigeon ring no. nurp 40 gvis 453

date of award march 1945.

"for being the first pigeon in this war to deliver a message from a forced landing in the continent while serving with the r.a.f. in oct. 1940

[jimmy white]

RUHR EXPRESS

pigeon no n,p,s.43 29018

date of award may 1945 " for carrying an imporant message from the rhur pocket in excellent time,,,with the r,a,f,in april 1945"

[jimmy white]

WILLIAM OF ORANGE

pigeon n.p.s.42. ns 15125

date of award may 1945

"for delivering message from Arnheim airborne operation in record time, for single pigeon, while serving with the a.p.s. in sep. 1944

[jimmy white]

SCOTCH LASS

pigeon n.p.s.42,21610

date of award june 1945

"for bringing 38 micophotographs across the north sea in good timealthough injured, whileserving with the r.a.f.in holland in sept 1944"

[jimmy white]

BILLY

pigeon  nu, 41,hq. 4373

date of award aug 1945

for delivering a message from a force-landed bomber, while in a state of constant fire and under exceptionaly bad weather conditions while serving with the r.a.f."

 

[jimmy white]

BROAD ARROW

pigeon 41 ba 2793

DATE OF AWARD OCT 1945

"FOR BRINGING IN IMPORTANT MESSAGES 3 TIMES FROMENEMY OCCUPIED COUNTRY, MAY 1943    JUNE 1943 AND AUG 1943 WHILE SERVING WITH THE SPECIAL "S... CONTINENT

[jimmy white]

pigeon n,p,s, 42 ns 2780

DATE OF AWARD OCT 1945

"for bringing important messages 3 times from enemy occupied country viz; july 1942 aug 1942 and april 1943 while serving with the special service on the continent"

[jimmy white]

MAQUIS

pigeon nps ns 42 36392

date of award oct1945

"for bringing important messages three times from enemy occupied country;vi may 1943 [Amiens] feb 1944 [combined operations] and june ist    [maquiis]while serving with the special services from the continent!"

[jimmy white]

MARY

pigeon nurp wce 249

date of award nov 1945

"for outstanding endurance on war service, in spite of seriuos wounds"