Dickin Medal

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Dickin Medal
military decoration, medallion
Oge/afọ mmalite1943 Dezie
akara alaDickin Medal Dezie
A gụrụ ahaMaria Dickin Dezie
mba/obodoObodoézè Nà Ofú Dezie
webụsaịtịhttps://www.pdsa.org.uk/what-we-do/animal-honours/the-dickin-medal Dezie

Àtụ:Infobox award Maria Dickin guzobere PDSA Dickin Medal n'afọ 1943 na United Kingdom iji sọpụrụ ọrụ ụmụ anụmanụ na Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ. Ọ bụ ihe nrite ọla nchara, nke nwere okwu "For Gallantry" yana "We Also Serve" n'ime okpueze laurel, nke e buuru n'eriri nwere agba akwụkwọ ndụ akwụkwọ ndụ, na-acha nchara nchara, nakwa anụnụ anụnụ.[1] A na-enye ya ụmụ anụmanụ ndị gosipụtara "nkà pụrụ iche maọbụ ndị tinyere uchu mgbe ha na-eje ozi maọbụ ndị e jikọtara ya na ngalaba ọ bụla nke ndị agha ma ọ bụ ndị na-ahụ maka nchekwa obodo".[1] A na-akpọkarị onyinye ahụ "Victoria Cross nke ụmụ anụmanụ".[1][2][3]

Maria Dickin bụ onye guzobere People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA), ọrụ ebere maka ahụike ụmụ anụmanụ nke Britain. O guzobere ihe nrite ahụ maka anụmanụ ọ bụla na-egosipụta obi ike ma tinye uchu doro anya n'ọrụ mgbe ha na-eje ozi nyere ndị agha nke Alaeze Ukwu Britain ma ọ bụ ndị ọrụ mberede obodo. E nyere ihe nrite ahụ ugboro 54 n'etiti afọ 1943 na 1949 nye nduru 32, nkịta 18, ịnyịnya 3, na nwamba nke ụgbọ mmiri iji nabata omume obi ike ma ọ bụ itinye uchu n'oge Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ na esemokwu ndị ọzọ na-esote.

E weghachiri inye ihe nrite ahụ n'afọ 2000. N'ọnwa Disemba afọ 2007, ndị natara ihe nrite ahụ n'

mbụ ọnụọgụ ha dị 1e liri 2 n'ogige PDSA Animal Cemetery dị na Ilford, Essex,wetara n nsọpụrndị ụ agha zuru oke na ngwụcha ọrụ enyemaka nke National Lottery iji weghachitogege i ili ahụ.[4][5]

Ndị natara ya[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

Ndị mbụ natara onyinye ahụ, na Disemba 1943, bụ nduru atọ na-arụ ọrụ na Royal Air Force bụ ndị nyere aka n'inweghachi ndị ọrụ ụgbọelu site na ụgbọelu ndị a tụfuru.[1] Onye natara ya n'oge kachasị dị nso bụ Hertz,

ntụaka Germany nwere obere aja nke jere ozi na RAF Police na Afghanistan.[6]

As of Febụwarị 2022, enyeela ihe nrite Dickin Medal ugboro 74 gụnyere otu nke nkwanye ùgwù emere n'afọ 2014 maka anụmanụ niile rụrụ ọrụ na Agha Mba Ụwa nke Izizi.[7]

A dog receiving a medal while surrounded by a number of men in military uniform
Rob the Collie, na-anata ihe nrite ya
Certificate and medal for Pigeon Royal Blue
Ihe nrite Dickin na asambodo maka nduru Royal Blue
A dog standing in the remains of a destroyed building
Rip nyere aka chọta ọtụtụ ndị Blitz gburu.
A dog sitting on the deck of a ship, being spoken to by a man in a military uniform
Judy bụ nkịta ụgbọ mmiri na HMS Gnat na HMSGrasshopper.
A pigeon, at rest, facing to the right. It has dark feathers on its head and neck, with two dark stripes two-thirds of the way down its pale wings.
E nyere William nke Orange ihe nrite ahụ na 1945 maka izipu ozi sitere na Operation Market Garden.
Bing the ParaDog gosipụtara na Dickin Medal ya na Imperial War Museum Duxford
Kuno na-egosi ụkwụ azụ ya
Ndị na-anata ya Anụmanụ Ụbọchị e nyere ya onyinye Ihe edeturu Ref(s)
Ọhụụ Ọcha nduru 2 December 1943 O zipụrụ ozi nke dugara n'ịnapụta ndị ọrụ ụgbọelu na-agba ọsọ n'ọnwa Ọktoba afọ 1943. Ọ na-efe efe awa 9 n'enweghị ike ịhụ ihe na ihu igwe siri ike na ifufe siri ike. [8]



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Winkie nduru 2 December 1943 O zipụrụ ozi nke nyere aka n'ịnapụta ndị ọrụ ụgbọelu na February 1942. [11]



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Tyke nduru 2 December 1943 O zipụrụ ozi nke nyere aka n'ịnapụta ndị ọrụ ụgbọelu na June 1943. [14]
Bob Dog 24 March 1944 Onye na-arụ ọrụ, rụrụ ọrụ na Green Hill, North Africa; jere ozi na 6th Battalion Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment. [13]
Comber n'ụsọ osimiri nduru 1 September 1944 O wetara akụkọ mbụ banyere mbido na Dieppe na 1942; jere ozi na ndị agha Canada. [13]
Gustav nduru 1 September 1944 O si n'ụsọ osimiri Normandy weta ozi mbụ na 6 June 1944. [12]
Paddy nduru 1 September 1944 E mere oge kachasị mma edere na ozi sitere na Normandy Operations na June 1944. [15]



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Ịgbapụ Dog 1945 A mongrel, chọtara ọtụtụ ndị mwakpo ụgbọelu nke The Blitz metụtara. [17]
Jet Dog 12 January 1945 Otu onye Alsatian,[B] nyere aka n'ịnapụta ndị tọrọ n'okpuru ụlọ ndị e mebiri emebi; ọ rụrụ ọrụ na Civil Defence Service. [8]



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Irma Dog 12 January 1945 Otu onye Alsatian,[B] nyere aka n'ịnapụta ndị tọrọ n'okpuru ụlọ ndị e mebiri emebi; ọ rụrụ ọrụ na Civil Defence Service. [8]



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Ịma Mma Dog 12 January 1945 A Wirehaired Terrier, nyere aka n'ebe ndị e liri n'ụgbọelu; jere ozi na PDSA Rescue Squad. [8]
Rob Dog 22 January 1945 A Collie, mere ihe karịrị 20 parachute gbadatara n'oge North African Campaign; jere ozi na Special Air Service (SAS).[A] [8]



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Kenley Lass nduru March 1945 nduru mbụ natara ihe ọmụma site n'aka onye ọrụ na France nke ndị iro na-achị n'ọnwa Ọktoba 1940; jere ozi na National Pigeon Service. A tụbara ya na onye ọrụ ahụ ma tọhapụ ya ụbọchị iri na abụọ ka e mesịrị ka ọ gbapụ kilomita 300 laghachi n'ụlọ n'ihe na-erughị awa asaa. [19][20]
Ụgbọ Mmiri Blue nduru March 1945 Ọ bụ ezie na o merụrụ ahụ, o zitere ozi sitere n'aka otu ndị na-awakpo na France, June 1944. [14]
Onye Dutch na-efe efe nduru March 1945 O zigara ozi atọ site n'aka ndị ọrụ na Netherlands; furu efu n'ọrụ na njem nke anọ na 1944. [14]
Ụsọ Oké Osimiri Dutch nduru March 1945 O zipụrụ ozi SOS site n'aka ndị ọrụ ụgbọelu na-agba ọsọ 288 kilomita n'ime awa 7.5 n'ọnwa Eprel 1942. [13]
Ndị agha nduru March 1945 O zigara ozi atọ site n'aka ndị ọrụ na France; jere ozi na National Pigeon Service. [13]
Royal Blue nduru March 1945 nduru mbụ nke agha iji zipụ ozi site n'ụgbọelu a manyere ịdakwasị na Kọntinent n'ọnwa Ọktoba 1940. [14]
Ogwu Dog 2 March 1945 Otu onye Alsatian,[B] chọtara ndị nwụrụ n'ụgbọelu n'ụlọ na-ere ọkụ; jere ozi na Civil Defence Service. [21]
Onye na-agba égbè Khan Dog 27 March 1945 Otu onye Alsatian,[B] napụtara onye agha ka mmiri ghara iri ya mgbe ọ nọ n'okpuru nnukwu égbè n'oge mwakpo nke Walcheren na Nọvemba 1944; jere ozi na 6th Battalion Cameronians. [21]
Rex Dog April 1945 Otu onye Alsatian,[B] hụrụ ndị nwụrụ anwụ n'ụlọ ọkụ; jere ozi na Civil Defence Service. [13]
Ruhr Express nduru May 1945 O bu ozi dị mkpa site na Ruhr Pocket n'April 1945. [14]
William nke Orange nduru May 1945 O nwere oge ndekọ maka izipu ozi sitere na Arnhem Airborne Operation; jere ozi na National Pigeon Service (Army).
Scotch Lass nduru June 1945 O wetara foto iri atọ na asatọ gafee North Sea site na Netherlands, n'agbanyeghị mmerụ ahụ, na Septemba 1944. [14]
Sheila Dog 2 July 1945 A Collie, nyere aka n'ịnapụta ndị ụgbọelu America anọ furu efu na Cheviot Hills n'oké ifufe mgbe ihe mberede mere na Disemba 1944 (anụmanụ mbụ a ga-enye). [13]
Billy nduru August 1945 O zipụrụ ozi site n'ụgbọelu bọmbụ nke a manyere ịdakwasị na 1942. [14]
Akụ́ Dị Obosara nduru October 1945 O wetara ozi atọ dị mkpa site na Kọntinent na 1943; jere ozi na National Pigeon Service (Special Section). [14]
NPS.42.NS.2780 nduru October 1945 O wetara ozi atọ dị mkpa site na Kọntinent na 1942 na 1943; jere ozi na National Pigeon Service (Special Section). [14]
NPS.42.NS.7524 nduru October 1945 O wetara ozi atọ dị mkpa site na Kọntinent na 1942 na 1943; jere ozi na National Pigeon Service (Special Section). [14]
Maquis nduru October 1945 O wetara ozi atọ dị mkpa site na Kọntinent site na 1943 na 1944; jere ozi na National Pigeon Service (Special Section). [14]
Mary nke Exeter nduru November 1945 gosipụtara ntachi obi pụrụ iche na ọrụ agha n'agbanyeghị mmerụ ahụ. [9]



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Pita Dog November 1945 Collie, hụrụ ndị tọrọ n'okpuru ụlọ ndị e blitzed; jere ozi na Civil Defence Service. [8]



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Tommy nduru February 1946 O zigara ozi site na Netherlands gaa Lancashire na July 1942; jere ozi na National Pigeon Service. [14]
Onye ọ bụla Nanị nduru February 1946 O zigara ozi dị mkpa mgbe ụgbọ elu karịrị kilomita 400 n'otu ụbọchị n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ 1943; jere ozi na National Pigeon Service. [14]
Judy Dog May 1946 A pedigree Pointer, nyere aka mee ka mmụọ dị elu n'etiti ndị mkpọrọ ibe ya nọ n'ogige ndị mkpọrọ agha Japan. [13]
Princess nduru May 1946 Mezue ọrụ pụrụ iche na Krit, njem nke ihe karịrị kilomita 500 n'elu oké osimiri, na ozi bara uru. [12]
Mercury nduru August 1946 Ọ rụrụ ọrụ pụrụ iche nke gụnyere ụgbọ elu 480 kilomita site na Northern Denmark na 1942; ọ rụrụ ọrụ na National Pigeon Service (Special Section). [22]
NURP.38.BPC.6 nduru August 1946 O mere ụgbọ elu atọ na 1941; jere ozi na National Pigeon Service (Special Section). [14]
G.I. Joe nduru August 1946 Ọ gbaara kilomita 20 n'ime ọtụtụ nkeji, na-ezipụ ozi a na-ekwu na ọ zọpụtara ma ọ dịkarịa ala ndụ 100; ọ rụrụ ọrụ na United States Army Pigeon Service. [12]
Punch na Judy Dogs November 1946 Ndị ọkpọ, zọpụtara ndị ọrụ Britain abụọ na Palestine site na ịwakpo onye na-akwado mba. [23]
Cologne nduru 1947 O si n'ụgbọelu dara n'elu Cologne n'agbanyeghị mmerụ ahụ na 1943. [12]
Duke nke Normandy nduru 8 January 1947 Nnụnụ mbụ rutere na ozi sitere na paratroops nke 21st Army Group na D Day (6 June 1944); jere ozi na National Pigeon Service. [13]
NURP.43CC.1418 nduru 8 January 1947 Ụgbọelu kachasị ọsọ na-ebu ozi sitere na 6th Airborne Division site na Normandy, 7 June 1944; jere ozi na National Pigeon Service. [14]
DD.43T.139 nduru February 1947 O wetara ozi nke ụgbọ mmiri dara na Huon Gulf n'oge iji zọpụta ya na ibu ya; ya na Royal Australian Corps of Signals jere ozi. [13]
DD.43Q.879 nduru February 1947 Naanị onye lanarịrị nduru atọ a tọhapụrụ iji dọọ aka ná ntị banyere mwakpo na-abịanụ na Manus Island. O ruru isi ụlọ ọrụ n'oge iji wepụta ndị US Marine Corps patrol; jere ozi na Royal Australian Corps of Signals. [19]
Ricky Dog 29 March 1947 A Welsh Collie, chọtara ebe a na-egwupụta ihe n'akụkụ ọwa mmiri na Nederweert na Netherlands, n'agbanyeghị na otu onye merụrụ ya ahụ. [13]
Bing Dog 29 March 1947 Otu Alsatian,[B] jiri parachute banye Normandy na 13th Battalion, 6th Airborne Division. [24]
Olga Ịnyịnya 11 April 1947 Na-achịkwa okporo ụzọ ma nyere aka na ọrụ nnapụta na-esote mgbawa bọmbụ na-efe efe na Tooting; na-arụ ọrụ na ndị uwe ojii. [8]



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Mmalite Ịnyịnya 11 April 1947 Nchịkwa okporo ụzọ na-esote bọmbụ na-efe efe na-agbawa na Bethnal Green; na-arụ ọrụ na ndị uwe ojii. [8]



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Onyinye Ịnyịnya 11 April 1947 Ọ nọgidere na-adị jụụ n'agbanyeghị na ọ na-enwekarị ọkụ na Muswell Hill nke ọkụ ọkụ na-agbawa n'oge abụọ dị iche iche kpatara. [8]



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Simon Kat August 1949 nwamba ụgbọ mmiri HMS <i id="mwAv4">Amethyst</i>, nke e nyere maka "ịhụnanya n'okpuru ọkụ" na maka iwepụ ọtụtụ òké n'agbanyeghị mmerụ ahụ shrapnel n'oge ihe omume Yangtze na 1949. [17]
Antis Dog 28 January 1949 Onye Alsatian,[B] jere ozi na Václav Robert Bozděch, onye ụgbọelu Czech, na French Air Force na na No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF na Britain, ma nyere nna ya ukwu aka ịgbapụ mgbe ọnwụ Jan Masaryk gasịrị. [25]
Tich Dog 1 July 1949 A mongrel, nyere ya maka obi ike na nraranye n'etiti 1941ʹ45; jere ozi na 1st Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps. [17]
Gander Dog 27 October 2000 A Newfoundland, zọpụtara ndị agha Canada na ọ dịkarịa ala oge atọ dị iche iche n'oge Agha nke Lye Mun na Hong Kong Island na Disemba 1941; e gburu ya n'ọgụ na-achịkọta grenade. [18]
Apụl Dog 5 March 2002 Onye German Shepherd, natara onyinye ahụ n'aha nkịta niile na-achọ ma na-azọpụta ndị nyere aka na mwakpo nke September 11 na 2001. [26]
Salty na Roselle Dogs 5 March 2002 Nkịta nduzi Labrador, duuru ndị nwe ha kpuru ìsì gbadata ihe karịrị steepụ 70 iji gbapụ na World Trade Center mebiri emebi na Septemba 2001. [26]
Sam Dog 14 January 2003 Onye ọzụzụ atụrụ German, wetara otu nwoke ji égbè ma gbochie ndị na-eme ngagharị iwe mgbe ọ na-eje ozi na Bosnia na Herzegovina n'ọnwa Eprel 1998; jere ozi na Royal Canadian Regiment na ọrụ sitere na Royal Army Veterinary Corps. [27]
Buster Dog 9 December 2003 A Springer Spaniel, chọtara ebe nkwakọba ngwá agha na Safwan, Southern Iraq na March 2003; jere ozi na Duke of Wellington's Regiment. [11]



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Obi ụtọ Dog 6 February 2007 A German Shepherd, naanị onye otu nkịta anọ na-adị ndụ na-agbaso ndị mba na Malaya site na 1949 ruo 1952; jere ozi na Royal Air Force Police. [28]
Ihe mgbu Dog 6 February 2007 A Labrador, chọpụtara ihe na-agbawa agbawa, nke e mechara wepụ, mgbe ọ na-eje ozi na Kabul, Afghanistan, na Nọvemba 2005; jere ozi na Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire na Wiltshire Regiment. [29]
Egwuregwu Dog 24 February 2010 A Labrador-Spaniel crossbreed, chọtara ihe na-agbawa agbawa mgbe ọ na-eje ozi na Helmand Province, Afghanistan na August na September 2008; jere ozi na Royal Army Veterinary Corps. [30][31]
Theo Dog 25 October 2012 A Springer Spaniel, onye chọtara ihe ndị na-agbawa agbawa mgbe ọ na-eje ozi na Afghanistan; nwere ndekọ maka ọtụtụ nchọpụta na-arụ ọrụ site na nkịta na-achọ ngwá agha na bọmbụ na 14. Ọ nwụrụ site na mmeri doro anya mgbe ndị iro gburu onye na-elekọta ya na mbido ụbọchị ahụ. [32]
Sasha Dog 29 April 2014 Labrador nke chọtara ihe 15 na-agbawa agbawa, ogbunigwe, ogbunokwu, na ngwá agha mgbe ọ na-eje ozi na Afghanistan, na Royal Army Veterinary Corps. N'ọnwa Julaị n'afọ 2008, e gburu Sasha na onye na-elekọta ya n'oge ndị Taliban na-eche ya nche site na grenade rocket-propelled.[33] [34]
Onye Agha Ịnyịnya 2 September 2014 Onyinye nsọpụrụ nye ịnyịnya agha nke Agha Ụwa Mbụ iji cheta onyinye nke anụmanụ niile n'oge esemokwu ahụ. [35]
Diesel Dog 28 December 2015 Nkịta mwakpo Belgian Malinois RAID nke ndị uwe ojii France were n'ọrụ bụ onye ndị a na-enyo enyo na ọ bụ ndị na-eyi ọha egwu gburu na mwakpo Saint-Denis nke 2015 na 18 Nọvemba 2015 na Paris. [36]
Lucca Dog 5 April 2016 Onye German Shepherd nke rụrụ ọrụ na United States Marine Corps ruo afọ isii tupu ọ tụfuo ụkwụ na mgbawa IED. [37]
Enweghị uche Ịnyịnya 28 July 2016 Nwa ịnyịnya Mongolian nke ya na United States Marine Corps rụkọrọ ọrụ na Agha Korea. N'otu ụbọchị, o mere njem 51 n'onwe ya iji weghachite ọtụtụ ndị nọ n'ihu. [38]
Mali Dog 17 November 2017 Onye Belgian Malinois nke rụrụ ọrụ na Special Boat Service na Afghanistan na 2012. N'oge mwakpo awa 8 megide ọnọdụ ndị Taliban, nkịta ahụ gosipụtara ebe ndị agha iro nọ, n'agbanyeghị na mgbawa grenade merụrụ ya ahụ ugboro atọ. [39]
Chips Dog 15 January 2018 A Husky crossbreed, maka obi ike na nraranye n'ọrụ n'oge ndị agha US wakporo Sicily na 10 July 1943. [40]
Kuga Dog 26 October 2018 Onye Belgian Malinois, maka omume n'oge Australian Special Operations Task Group patrol na mpaghara Uruzgan, Afghanistan. Kuga, onye a gbagburu ugboro ise n'oge ọgụ ahụ, jere ozi na Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) site na 2008 ruo mgbe ọ nwụrụ site na mmerụ ahụ na 2012. [41]
Kuno Dog 29 August 2020 Onye Belgian Malinois, maka obi ike n'okpuru ọkụ n'oge mwakpo ụgbọ mmiri pụrụ iche megide al-Qaeda na Afghanistan. Mgbe ndị agha nọ n'okpuru site na grenade na égbè égbè, e zigara Kuno ka ọ na-eyi ugogbe anya abalị iji wakpo onye na-agba égbè ahụ, ma lụso ya ọgụ n'ala n'agbanyeghị na a gbagburu ya n'ụkwụ azụ abụọ. Mmerụ ahụ o nwere chọrọ ka e bepụ akụkụ nke otu n'ime ụkwụ azụ ya, ọ natakwara aka iji dochie ya mgbe ọ laghachiri Britain. [42]
Leuk Dog 23 April 2021 Onye Belgian Malinois nke ndị agha pụrụ iche nke France, maka obi ike na ịrụ ọrụ dị mkpa n'oge ọrụ mgbochi ndị na-eyi ọha egwu, na maka ịzọpụta ndụ onye na-elekọta ya na ndị ọrụ ibe ya. [43]
Hertz Dog 22 February 2022 Onye Germany Shorthaired Pointer nke Royal Air Force Police maka ịchọpụta ngwá electronic n'oge agha na Afghanistan. [6]

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