Today, at the eleventh hour, we pause to remember all those who served and all those who made the ultimate sacrifice. We remember the courage, loyalty and devotion of the men, women and animals who served alongside one another.Their service must never be forgotten, their sacrifice never taken for granted, and their place in our history never overlooked…
The purple poppy is a symbol of remembrance for animals lost in Service but was little known until Murphy’s Army launched our Purple Poppy Campaign back in 2016. We felt that it was only right that the animals should be remembered, alongside their human counterparts, and thus our journey to inform and educate began. We remember not only the animals lost, but pay tribute to those who serve us today – working alongside our Emergency Services, in the Military, Prisons and Border Forces – keeping us safe in so many different ways…
Remembering the animals of war. Murphy’s Army Purple Poppy Campaign Information Sheet 15 features PDSA Medal Winner Crumstone Irma.
German Shepherd Irma and her kennel mate Psyche were initially trained as messenger dogs, relaying important information when other communication lines were down. They were retrained for search and rescue duties, handled by their owner Mrs Margaret Griffin…
Remembering the animals of war. Murphy’s Army Purple Poppy Campaign Information Sheet 14 features PDSA Dickin Medal Winner Jet of Iada. Jet was a black pedigree German Shepherd Dog born in Liverpool. At a very young age he was sent to the War Dogs school in Gloucester where he learnt anti-sabotage and search and rescue duties…
Remembering the animals of war. Murphy’s Army Purple Poppy Campaign Information Sheet 13 features PDSA Dickin Medal Winner Rip who helped find air-raid victims during the blitz of 1940…
Serving us today. Murphy’s Army Purple Poppy Campaign Information Sheet 12 brings you the heartwarming tale of serving Police Dogs Tilly and Riley of Derbyshire Police…