Memorial Details
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Memorial
Stuffed Dog 1914-18 T.A. Centre, Hencotes
Reference
H51.32
Place
HEXHAM
Map ref
NY 931639
Original Location
T.A. Centre, Hencotes
Present Location
Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Regimental Museum in Alnwick in 1996
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Formally handed over March 1919 by L.Cpl. Unwin, whose dog he was to start with.
Memorial Description
Dog, 34cm high x 61cm long. In glass case 47.5cm high x 67.5cm wide by x 30cm deep. Plaque has the heading written in Gothic lower case script, the rest printed in Roman lower case.
Materials used
Preserved by taxidermy.
Inscription
Regimental pet of the 4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Landed in France with the Battalion on April 20th 1915.
Took part in the attack on St. JULIEN during the 2nd Battle
of Ypres, April 26th 1915, and was wounded and gassed in
the subsequent fighting; was with the Battalion continuously
until accidentally killed during field firing practice at
WARFUSEE in the Autumn of 1916
Names
See above
Who commissioned
4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Present condition
Reconditioned August 1991
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
P. Spicer and Sons, Fine Art Taxidermists, Leamington.
Notes
1. Sammy had been adopted by the soldiers at their Drill Hall in Hexham. When they boarded the train to go to war, Sammy jumped onto the train with them.
2. After Sammy was killed, the troops thought they would have to leave Sammy behind, but the C.O., Col. Ridley Robb, insisted that the body be brought back to Hexham.
2. After Sammy was killed, the troops thought they would have to leave Sammy behind, but the C.O., Col. Ridley Robb, insisted that the body be brought back to Hexham.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C.N. Dallison
Hexham Weekly News 28/03/1919 reports formal handing over of Sammy to the Comrades of 4th N.F.
Hexham Courant 15/03/2002 features the story with photograph.
Hexham Weekly News 28/03/1919 reports formal handing over of Sammy to the Comrades of 4th N.F.
Hexham Courant 15/03/2002 features the story with photograph.
Research acknowledgements
C.N. Dallison; Dorothy Hall
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