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You\u2019ve probably heard of ‘War\u00a0Horse’ the famous West End play, but the military also used dogs in the Great\u00a0War\u00a0and a special school to train them\u00a0was set up at the Shoeburyness \u2018New Ranges\u2019 in 1917 by Lt-Col E. H. Richardson. This followed successful trial use of Airedale Terriers \u2018Wolf\u2019 and \u2018Prince\u2019.<\/p>\n

The Dogs were trained as messengers, sentries and for patrolling and up to 48 dogs and 16 handlers were based in kennels along the front lines.<\/p>\n

Dogs were initially sourced from Battersea Home for Lost Dogs but later the public were asked to \u2018volunteer\u2019 their pets with the promise they would be well fed.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0\u2018War\u00a0Dog\u00a0School\u2019 used the existing gunnery ranges\u00a0at Shoeburyness to accustom the dogs to trenches and the noise of\u00a0war, and trained them with food to run towards rifle fire.<\/p>\n

They could cover 3 miles in 20 minutes and their nimbleness, speed and size meant that injuries during the bombardments were generally avoided, although many were injured or killed in action.<\/p>\n

The photo below shows training in progress<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Two further photo\u2019s show dogs in service. The first shows how a pouch was used to carry the vital communications and the second shows a \u2018dog barracks\u2019. As can be seen a great variety of breeds were used.<\/p>\n

The use of dogs in war, and of course Policing, continues to this day, but now the roles are for search and rescue, explosives detection and guard duties. You may often see our British Transport Police colleagues out and about at stations with their dogs.<\/p>\n

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You\u2019ve probably heard of ‘War\u00a0Horse’ the famous West End play, but the military also used dogs in the Great\u00a0War\u00a0and a special school to train them\u00a0was set up at the Shoeburyness \u2018New Ranges\u2019 in 1917 by Lt-Col E. H. Richardson. This followed successful trial use of Airedale Terriers \u2018Wolf\u2019 and \u2018Prince\u2019. 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