Paddy the Pigeon

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Reference WMO/147225

Address:

HQ Carnlough Rowing Club

Harbour Road

Carnlough

BT44 0EU

Northern Ireland

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Monument to pigeon sent from Normandy to RAF Hurn on D-Day+2. Rectangular black marble tablet with a representation of the Pigeon in the top right-hand corner and the lettering in gold. In the top left-hand corner is engraved the Dickin Medal.
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PADDY. HOMING PIGEON RELEASED FROM NORMANDY BEACH 8TH JUNE 1944, CARRYING MESSAGE TO RAF HURN HAMPSHIRE. PADDY AWARDED DICKIN MEDAL, THE EQUIVALENT OF THE VC, THE ONLY IRISH RECIPIENT OF THE AWARD

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