Animals in War- Tommy the Pigeon (Dickin Medal)

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Reference WMO/293443

Address:

Dalton Leisure Centre

Chapel Street

Dalton in Furness

LA15 8DA

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Land
Materials:
  • Flora and Fauna Grass
  • Other Fabric
  • Paper Paper
Lettering: Other
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Land- which is the permanent memorial. Also there is a temporary [November 2022] display of knitted poppies on the railings at Dalton Community Church and a temporary explanatory sign about Tommy
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Tommy's Story/During the Second World War a man from Queen Street/Dalton called Mr Brockbank had racing pigeons. During/one of the races one of his birds, Tommy, went off course/and ended up in German occupied Holland.// A Dutchman called Dik Divers looked after Tommy before/sending it on it's way back to Dalton.// Mr Divers named the bird Tommy after the nickname/given to the British troops during the war.// Before releasing Tommy he attached a message to the/ring on it's leg with vital information for the War Effort.// When it arrived back in Dalton Mr Brockbank passed the/coded message to the War Office. The information in the/message stopped a major disaster.// After the war Mr and Mrs Brockbank held an exhibition/about Tommy's involvement in the war and with the/money they raised they bought some land to create a/Children's playground.// The land they bought is on Chapel Street where the park/and the Leisure Centre are.

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