The feline mascot of the light cruiser HMAS Encounter, peering from the muzzle of a 6-inch gun. rarehistoricaphotosWestern Front, shells carried on horseback, 1916. rarehistoricalphotosThe fox cub mascot of No.32 Squadron at Humieres Aerodrome, St Pol, France, 5 May 1918. iwmCamels carrying wounded men to safety on the North West Frontier of India, 1917. iwmFrench Red Cross dogs line up for inspection on the Western Front, 1914. rarehistoricalphotosThe monkey mascot of the Third Army Trench Mortar School sits on a captured German trench mortar, 20 May 1917. rarehistoricalphotosA gunner of the York and Lancaster Regiment with the regimental cat in a trench near Cambrin, France, 6 February 1918. iwmFrench troops with two carrier pigeons strapped in their traveling basket. iwmBritish troops scraping mud from a mule near Bernafay Wood on the Western Front, 1916. iwmA sailor rests his head on Tirpitzi, a pig who was a mascot on HMS Glasgow during the First World War. Daily MailA vet tends to a wounded horse hit by shrapnel in France. It is estimated that eight million horses alone died during the conflict as a result of shellfire, as well as terrible weather and appalling living conditions. Daily MailA carrier pigeon being released from a tank. Daily MailGibby, sitting at the entrance to a dug out beside the commanding officer, was the mascot of a Canadian regiment. Daily Mail
