Only A Dog: A Dog's Devotion to His Master in WW1
Only A Dog: The True Story of a Dogs Devotion to His Master During World War 1
Bertha Whitridge Smith
Published by Diggory Press, September 2006
ISBN 1846853656
This is a touching true story from the First World War, retold through the dogs eyes. A terrified stray Irish Terrier find himself trapped in No Mans Land near the trenches of Flanders, unable to move due to his wounds. A British sniper sees the injured dog, and risking his own life, crawls out to carry the terrier to safety. He then insists on taking the dog to a nearby Hospital, where he persuades the already overworked and stressed surgeon to operate on the dogs injuries.
From that time on, the terrier christened Army and the British soldier become inseparable. When the soldier dies, Little Army is inconsolable and remains by his masters grave, refusing to leave. There he stays, comforted only by the smell of his masters trench coat which is given him to lie on and keep warm. This is Army, the faithful Irish Terriers story.
Soldier and Dog now lie side by side at Armentieres in Flanders.
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