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Ratting in the trenches, WWI

Ratting: The New Sport in the Trenches. British soldiers follow a terrier as it dashes along a trench on the Western Front in pursuit of a rat. The War Budget, in which this illustration was published, writes that rewards were offered for the capture of rats and in one single fortnight, one army corps alone disposed of 8000 rats, some indication of the scale of the vermin problem in the trenches. Date: 1916

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Collie with smaller dog in basket

Unusual Friends - Collie sitting alongside a Yorkie (Yorkshire terrier) in a basket.
1950s

© The Paul Kaye Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

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Morty the dog, mascot of WW1

Morty, the property of Lieut.-Colonel W.A. Murray, R.F.A. He went to France in August 14, and remained there the whole war, being continuously in the front line. Wounded once, and badly gassed, he wears two wounded stripes on his collar. He killed 300 rats at Passchendaele, and finally marched into Cologne, tail up, at the head of his brigade. Now living, full of scars and honours, at Bembridge, Isle of Wight

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