T, Fazzini Posted 22 October , 2020 Share Posted 22 October , 2020 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:12inchRailwayHowitzerShell444SiegeBatteryAndKitten19July1918.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kitten_on_breech_of_12_inch_rilway_howitzer_19071918_IWM_Q_6873.jpg Guarding the Royal Artillery from German mice Prehaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripeyman Posted 24 October , 2020 Share Posted 24 October , 2020 On 22/10/2020 at 15:41, T, Fazzini said: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:12inchRailwayHowitzerShell444SiegeBatteryAndKitten19July1918.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kitten_on_breech_of_12_inch_rilway_howitzer_19071918_IWM_Q_6873.jpg Guarding the Royal Artillery from German mice Prehaps? No that is not the case, just being beguiling as always..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted 24 October , 2020 Share Posted 24 October , 2020 Make a lovely pull through when it has gown up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegHannay Posted 24 October , 2020 Share Posted 24 October , 2020 Entry in my grandfathers diary 11th December 1915. Givenchy trenches. GWF blog "A cat and her kittens have made my dressing station their home, afforded me some entertainment during the sleepless hours. Half a dozen times I saw the shadowy form of pussy passing out into the night and returning with a fat mouse mouse each time. She drops each rodent in front of her offspring. Raining, water rising." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 24 October , 2020 Share Posted 24 October , 2020 SOOOOOOO CUUUUUUUUTE !!!!!!!!!!!! M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegHannay Posted 25 October , 2020 Share Posted 25 October , 2020 Cats and Mice in dugout's. Another entry in grandfathers diary. 14th January 1916. Festubert trenches "A mouse fell into my"po" during the night and after splashing about for a time managed to scramble out thanks to the tin being somewhat battered in places". These moments must have helped the men keep their sanity during the time in the trenches. Then there is always the snippet about the singing mouse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 25 October , 2020 Share Posted 25 October , 2020 Animals are, without a shadow of a doubt, the best psycho-therapists ever. However bad one feels, a cat, a dog or even just a bird can bring a smile on one's face. And the stories about these little fur balls on the front are the same today in Afghanistan or Irak as they were 100 years ago in France and Flanders. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegHannay Posted 25 October , 2020 Share Posted 25 October , 2020 2 hours ago, Marilyne said: Animals are, without a shadow of a doubt, the best psycho-therapists ever. However bad one feels, a cat, a dog or even just a bird can bring a smile on one's face. And the stories about these little fur balls on the front are the same today in Afghanistan or Irak as they were 100 years ago in France and Flanders. M. Yes, even a soggy mouse doing the breast stroke it seems. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegHannay Posted 25 October , 2020 Share Posted 25 October , 2020 So very right Marilyne. Your mention of birds reminded me of other entries in the diary. 3rd April 1916. Support. (Nr Riflemans's alley/Swinburn Loop. "Never before have I seen Larks in such abundance or enjoyed their singing as much before. Man is no longer an enemy to them, penned down as he is in the trenches, the green tracts of pasture that wend between the rows of trenches are theirs without question". You can feel the pleasure he feels in his writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorporalPunishment Posted 25 October , 2020 Share Posted 25 October , 2020 On 22/10/2020 at 15:41, T, Fazzini said: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:12inchRailwayHowitzerShell444SiegeBatteryAndKitten19July1918.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kitten_on_breech_of_12_inch_rilway_howitzer_19071918_IWM_Q_6873.jpg Guarding the Royal Artillery from German mice Prehaps? I believe the kitten was named Michelle ( "My Shell"). Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lancashire Fusilier by Proxy Posted 26 October , 2020 Share Posted 26 October , 2020 My grandfather's diary for 16 March 1916 contains this: "Took over a couple of kittens as trench stores." Later, in 1917, when he was temporarily the 1/5th LF's Quartermaster in Belgium, he had a pet goat under his charge, it having been brought back by the 1/5th from Egypt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted 27 October , 2020 Share Posted 27 October , 2020 Here are three German cousins of the British kitten and a small dog during July of 1916 on the Western front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 27 October , 2020 Share Posted 27 October , 2020 I wonder if any men posed with a goldfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegHannay Posted 27 October , 2020 Share Posted 27 October , 2020 8 hours ago, johnboy said: I wonder if any men posed with a goldfish Plenty of pet rats I should think!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianjonesncl Posted 27 October , 2020 Share Posted 27 October , 2020 On 22/10/2020 at 15:41, T, Fazzini said: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:12inchRailwayHowitzerShell444SiegeBatteryAndKitten19July1918.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kitten_on_breech_of_12_inch_rilway_howitzer_19071918_IWM_Q_6873.jpg Guarding the Royal Artillery from German mice Prehaps? A colourised photograph https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/03/19/17/4A57176A00000578-5518797-One_officer_of_the_444_Siege_Battery_is_seen_smoking_a_pipe_whil-a-1_1521480634853.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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