# Beach Comber

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{{Short description|WWII Canadian war pigeon}}
{{about|the famous wartime carrier pigeon|the activity of searching the beach|Beachcombing|other uses|Beachcomber (disambiguation)}}

'''Beach Comber''' (designated as "Pigeon – '''NPS.41.NS.4230'''") was a Canadian [war pigeon](/source/war_pigeon) who received the [Dickin Medal](/source/Dickin_Medal) for bravery in service during the Second World War.

On 19 August 1942, Beach Comber arrived in Britain, despite hazardous conditions, from [Dieppe](/source/Dieppe), [France](/source/France) carrying a message from the [Canadian Army](/source/Canadian_Army) alerting commanders of their landing there, marking the start of the [Dieppe Raid](/source/Dieppe_Raid).  As a result, on 6 March 1944, the [People's Dispensary for Sick Animals](/source/People's_Dispensary_for_Sick_Animals) awarded Beach Comber the Dickin Medal.<ref name=iwm>{{cite web  | url =http://archive.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/74/AnimalsWar/images/AAW_CAPTIONS.pdf  | title =Animals at War captions  | publisher =Imperial War Museum  | accessdate =27 February 2010  | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20141216202240/http://archive.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/74/AnimalsWar/images/AAW_CAPTIONS.pdf  | archive-date =16 December 2014  | url-status =dead  }}</ref><ref name=pdsa>{{cite web|title=PDSA Dickin Medal pigeons |url=http://www.pdsa.org.uk/about-us/animal-bravery-awards/dickin-medal-pigeons |publisher=The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals |accessdate=6 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213211708/http://www.pdsa.org.uk/about-us/animal-bravery-awards/dickin-medal-pigeons |archivedate=13 February 2010 }}</ref>  Beach Comber remains the only Canadian war pigeon ever to be awarded a Dickin Medal, and one of only three Canadian animals ever to be so honoured.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lennox|first=Doug|title=Now You Know Canada's Heroes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3g9Vesw6-KsC&q=%22Beach+Comber%22+Dieppe|publisher=Dundurn|accessdate=6 July 2013|page=173|date=24 August 2009|isbn=9781770704183}}</ref>

==See also==
* [List of individual birds](/source/List_of_individual_birds)

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140924092934/http://www.pdsa.org.uk/about-us/animal-bravery-awards/pdsa-dickin-medal PDSA Dickin Medal]

{{Dickin Medal}}
{{War pigeons}}

Category:Recipients of the Dickin Medal
Category:Individual domesticated pigeons

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