By: Jane Clinton
HE DEFIED the odds to survive brutal shellfire and received a medal and a hero’s welcome. (photo. Simon with three of the crew from HMS Amethyst back in 1949 [MARK KEHOE])
The year was 1949 and he was certainly an unlikely hero.
For the male in question was in fact a little black and white cat called Simon.
Quite how a stray cat picked up from the dockyards of Hong Kong, became the darling of the frigate HMS Amethyst, and indeed the world, is the inspiration for a delightful new novel, Simon Ships Out: A Heroic Cat At Sea by Jacky Donovan.
Telling the story through Simon’s eyes we learn of the courage and fortitude of Simon who, even after devastating injuries, got back to his work on the ship as rat catcher and general morale booster...Read more: http://www.express.co.uk/news/history/527485/Book-Chinese-cat-awarded-Second-World-War-medal
HE DEFIED the odds to survive brutal shellfire and received a medal and a hero’s welcome. (photo. Simon with three of the crew from HMS Amethyst back in 1949 [MARK KEHOE])
The year was 1949 and he was certainly an unlikely hero.For the male in question was in fact a little black and white cat called Simon.
Quite how a stray cat picked up from the dockyards of Hong Kong, became the darling of the frigate HMS Amethyst, and indeed the world, is the inspiration for a delightful new novel, Simon Ships Out: A Heroic Cat At Sea by Jacky Donovan.
Telling the story through Simon’s eyes we learn of the courage and fortitude of Simon who, even after devastating injuries, got back to his work on the ship as rat catcher and general morale booster...Read more: http://www.express.co.uk/news/history/527485/Book-Chinese-cat-awarded-Second-World-War-medal
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