06/11/2026
Simon - PDSA Dickin Medal 54
Date of award: 1949
"Served on HMS Amethyst during the Yangtse Incident, disposing of many rats though wounded by shell blast. Throughout the incident his behaviour was of the highest order, although the blast was capable of making a hole over a foot in diameter in a steel plate."
https://www.pdsa.org.uk/what-we-do/animal-awards-programme/pdsa-dickin-medal/simon