11/11/2022
Remembrances Day is a day to honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. It is also a time to remember all the animals that served and lost their lives alongside British and Allied Forces in wars and campaigns throughout time.
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Eight million horses perished during the First World War but there was one horse Warrior, dubbed "the horse the Germans could not kill".
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Foaled on the Isle of Wight in 1908, Warrior went to war on the Western Front with Winston Churchill’s great friend, General Jack Seely, in 1914. He survived four years of shells and bullets, came through the horrors of Ypres, the Somme, Passchendaele and led the famous last cavalry charge at Moreuil Wood in March 1918.
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Returning with Jack Seely to his native Isle of Wight in 1918, he lived on until the grand old age of 33, even winning a point to point four years to the day that he had led the charge. 100 years after he first went to war, he was awarded the Honorary PDSA Dickin Medal in 2014 and is still remembered to this day in the Spielberg film ‘War Horse’.
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From the pigeon to the elephant, they all played a vital role in every region of the world in the cause of human freedom. Their contribution must never be forgotten.
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“They Had No Choice”.
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Lest We Forget
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