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• Animals and War

  (Event)

  11.30am Meet underneath the Harrier Jump Jet Discover the fictional story of Joey from War Horse in the Once Upon A Wartime exhibition, then join us as puppets and pictures bring to life true heroic and heart-warming tales of wartime animal bravery...

• Animals and War

  (Event)

  11.30am Meet underneath the Harrier Jump Jet Discover the fictional story of Joey from War Horse in the Once Upon A Wartime exhibition, then join us as puppets and pictures bring to life true heroic and heart-warming tales of wartime animal bravery...

• Evacuation

  (History)

  Fear of German bombing caused the government to evacuate children, mothers with infants and the infirm from British towns and cities. Evacuation took place in several waves. The first came two days before the outbreak of war. Over the course of three...

• Documents

  (General Information)

  Our documents cover a wealth of personal experience and testimony, both British and foreign, as well official records. Private Papers IWM holds almost 18,000 individual collections of important private papers, principally comprising unpublished...

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• Animals at War

  (Books, Children)

  This brand new addition to the "Usborne Young Reading" series focuses on animals and the roles they have played in conflict, both modern and ancient. Find out how elephants helped Hannibal attack Rome, why pigeons saved hundreds of lives in...

• The War Horses - The Tragic Fate of a Million Horses

  (New Books, Books and Media)

  Over 8 million animals were engaged in the First World War worldwide. On the Western Front alone a total of a million horses died. Of those used by the British Army, themselves numbering almost a million, and only around 60 000 are said to have been...

• Making War Horse (DVD)

  (Once Upon a Wartime)

  War Horse is a thrilling and spectacular production based on the celebrated novel by Michael Morpurgo. Winner of Olivier, Evening Standard and Critics' Circle Awards, it has captured the hearts and minds of everyone that goes to see it; children...

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• ANIMALS IN WAR 1914 - 1918

  (photographs)

  Animal Welfare: British humane societies such as the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, also made important contributions to animal welfare. After the war, Mrs Dorothy Brooke founded the Brooke Hospital for Animals in Cairo in 1930....

• identity discs, animal

  (souvenirs and ephemera)

  Second World War animal identity discs produced by the National Air Raid Precautions Animals Committee given by Mrs Friend who was an animal warden during the war.

• ANIMALS IN WAR 1939-1945

  (photographs)

  A mobile PDSA (People's Dispensary for Sick Animals) van giving aid to Londoners' pets in a badly bombed area of the city during the Blitz.

• ANIMALS IN WAR 1914 - 1918

  (photographs)

  Transport Animals: Dogs drawing carts containing machine guns and supplies of the Belgian army leave for the front line.

Other IWM websites (165)

• UKNIWM

  UKNIWM Home About UKNIWM News and articles about war memorials in the UK Feeds: Posts Comments Memorial rediscovered after 80 years 22 March, 2011 by ukniwm2 Blog by volunteer fieldworker Gordon Amand A memorial from the Great War has been found while...

• Cats in the Second World War « UKNIWM

  Cats in the Second World War « UKNIWM Home About UKNIWM News and articles about war memorials in the UK Feeds: Posts Comments « Stocksfield memorial plaque stolen Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers archive now online » Cats in the Second World War 19...

• Proposal for a memorial to Sheffield’s Women of Steel « UKNIWM

  Proposal for a memorial to Sheffield’s Women of Steel « UKNIWM Home About UKNIWM News and articles about war memorials in the UK Feeds: Posts Comments « Canada launches National Inventory of Military Memorials Memorial as a focal point for Cumbrian ...

• Memorial as a focal point for Cumbrian remembrance « UKNIWM

  Memorial as a focal point for Cumbrian remembrance « UKNIWM Home About UKNIWM News and articles about war memorials in the UK Feeds: Posts Comments « Proposal for a memorial to Sheffield’s Women of Steel A Life’s Work » Memorial as a focal point for...