Rifleman Khan and Lance Corporal J Muldoon

• Second World War (1939-1945)
  Total names on memorial: 2
  Served and returned: 2
  Died: 0
  Exact count: yes
  Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, Battalion, Regiment (and regimental number of Khan)
  Order of information: Undefined
• Animal Memorials
  Total names on memorial: 1
  Served and returned: 1
  Died: 0
  Exact count: yes
  Information shown: Undefined
  Order of information: Undefined

• Figures
  Measurements: Undefined
  Materials: Bronze
• Base
  Measurements: Undefined
  Materials: Stone
• Plaque
  Measurements: Undefined
  Materials: Bronze

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Comments: A prominent local businessman very generously put up about half of the money needed; the rest came from local donations and fundraising. (One of the donations was from a fund from renewable energy that is run by South Lanarkshire Council).
Memorial: £60,000

• cameronians.siteiscentral.com/1901/people/muldoon_rfn_khan
• The PDSA's online Dickin Medal Roll of Honour entry re Khan reads: 'Rifleman Khan – Alsatian 147. 6th Battalion Cameronians (SR) Date of Award: 27 March 1945 “For rescuing L/Cpl. Muldoon from drowning under heavy shell fire at the assault of Walcheren, November 1944, while serving with the 6th Cameronians (SR).” www.pdsa.org.uk/what-we-do/animal-awards-programme/pdsa-dickin-medal
• BBC News website report on 8/11/2021: 'WW2 hero dog celebrated with statue in Strathaven. A memorial to a dog who saved his handler from drowning during World War Two has been unveiled in South Lanarkshire. The life-size bronze statue of Khan, a German Shepherd, and L/Cpl Jimmy Muldoon has been erected on Strathaven Common Green. Khan pulled the soldier from the sea off the Netherlands after German forces bombed their landing craft in 1944. His son Jim Muldoon said his father would have been "over the moon". The rescue happened during the Battle of the Scheldt, part of the retaking of Europe by allied forces. As they approached Walcheren Island, bombs started to rain down and several landing craft were hit. Mr Muldoon said: "The dog managed to get to shore, but there was no handler with it. "He could hear the handler in the water - my father. So he ran down and jumped back in, got him by the scruff of the neck and pulled him out. I think it was about 200yds [182m] to shore." Unit members who witnessed the event later said Khan then lay on the shore beside his handler, both exhausted. Khan, who had been "conscripted" into the British Army, served out the war and was returned home to the Railton family in Tolworth, Surrey. Members of the soldier's regiment called for Khan's bravery to be celebrated. The dog was awarded the "animal's Victoria Cross" for bravery, the PDSA Dickin Medal, and L/Cpl Muldoon went to the ceremony. "People saw there was that much affection between the two of them that they decided he would take it home," Mr Muldoon said. In Strathaven Khan was treated like a local hero, especially in the butchers shop where he was given free meat every week. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-59197048
• www.dailyrecord.co.uk/in-your-area/lanarkshire/bronze-statue-wartime-hero-dog-25376395
• www.thetimes.co.uk/article/statue-to-honour-dog-who-rescued-handler-at-arnhem-dcfg37psd
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifleman_Khan