The feline mascot of the light cruiser HMAS Encounter, peering from the muzzle of a 6-inch gun. rarehistoricaphotos
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Western Front, shells carried on horseback, 1916. rarehistoricalphotos
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The fox cub mascot of No.32 Squadron at Humieres Aerodrome, St Pol, France, 5 May 1918. iwm
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Camels carrying wounded men to safety on the North West Frontier of India, 1917. iwm
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French Red Cross dogs line up for inspection on the Western Front, 1914. rarehistoricalphotos
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The monkey mascot of the Third Army Trench Mortar School sits on a captured German trench mortar, 20 May 1917. rarehistoricalphotos
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A gunner of the York and Lancaster Regiment with the regimental cat in a trench near Cambrin, France, 6 February 1918. iwm
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French troops with two carrier pigeons strapped in their traveling basket. iwm
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British troops scraping mud from a mule near Bernafay Wood on the Western Front, 1916. iwm
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A sailor rests his head on Tirpitzi, a pig who was a mascot on HMS Glasgow during the First World War. Daily Mail
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A 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 Mail
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A carrier pigeon being released from a tank. Daily Mail
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Gibby, sitting at the entrance to a dug out beside the commanding officer, was the mascot of a Canadian regiment. Daily Mail