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General Seely's Warrior, Isle of Wight, April 1922. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes.

General Seely's Warrior, April 1922. Foaled in 1908 on the Isle of Wight, Warrior went to war on the Western Front with General Jack Seely, in 1914. He was active in many famous battles including those at the Somme and Ypres. Returning with Jack Seely to the Isle of Wight in 1918, he lived on until the grand old age of 33, even winning a point to point four years to the day that he had led the charge at Moreuil Wood. His obituary in the Evening Standard in 1941 read ?Horse the Germans Could Not Kill?. In  2014, 100 years after Warrior went to war on the Western Front, he was awarded the PDSA Dickin medal, recognised at the animals Victoria Cross and honouring all the animals that served in the Great War.
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General Seely's Warrior, Isle of Wight, April 1922. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes.
General Seely's Warrior, April 1922. Foaled in 1908 on the Isle of Wight, Warrior went to war on the Western Front with General Jack Seely, in 1914. He was active in many famous battles including those at the Somme and Ypres. Returning with Jack Seely to the Isle of Wight in 1918, he lived on until the grand old age of 33, even winning a point to point four years to the day that he had led the charge at Moreuil Wood. His obituary in the Evening Standard in 1941 read ?Horse the Germans Could Not Kill?. In 2014, 100 years after Warrior went to war on the Western Front, he was awarded the PDSA Dickin medal, recognised at the animals Victoria Cross and honouring all the animals that served in the Great War.
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Album / Heritage Images / Kirk & Sons of Cowes
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4896 x 4584 px | 64.2 MB
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41.5 x 38.8 cm | 16.3 x 15.3 in (300 dpi)