A stand in pigeon was used for the award ceremony in 1946 as Princess, the original bird, had died after returning to the UK A World War Two medal, which was awarded to a carrier pigeon, ...
For more local wildlife news, subscribe to the Mail In WW1, 100,000 pigeons served and were used by the British, French, American, and German military. During World War II, the UK used 250,000 ...
Hull's veterans are angry pigeons are being fed at the city's war memorial Pigeons are fouling Hull's city centre war memorial, earning the ire of the city's veterans. Barry Medhurst, a former ...