| 词条 | Sheila (dog) |
| 释义 |
| name = Sheila | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | othername = | species = Dog | breed = Border Collie | gender = Female | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = United Kingdom | occupation = | employer = | role = Sheep dog | years_active = | known = | awards = Dickin Medal | title = | owner = John Dagg | parents = | children = Tibbie | weight = | height = | appearance = | namedafter = }} Sheila was a dog who received the Dickin Medal in 1945 from the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals for bravery in service during the Second World War. She is the first non-military dog to have received the medal, which was later sold at auction alongside the medals of her owner, John Dagg, for £25,300 by Sotheby's. Dickin medal{{ external media| float = right | width = 200px | image1 = [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/9634169/Recipients-of-the-PDSAs-Dickin-Medal-the-animal-version-of-the-Victoria-Cross.html?frame=2379298 John Dagg and Shiela] }} On 16 December 1944, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress from the U.S. Eighth Air Force carrying a full payload of bombs, crashed into the Cheviot Hills on the border between England and Scotland.[1][2] Two local shepherds, John Dagg and Frank Moscrop headed up the mountainside with Dagg's sheepdog Sheila to investigate and see if there was anything they could do to help.[1] The ongoing blizzard reduced the visibility on the mountainside to the bare minimum and the duo had to rely on Sheila to track down the aircraft.[2][1] She tracked four of the airmen who were in a nearby crevice to escape the weather, and took the two shepherds to their location. Together they led the airmen back down to their cottage, arriving as the bombs on the B-17 detonated.[1] Because of their actions, Lt George Kyle, Sgt Howard Delaney, Sgt George Smith and Sgt Joel Berly survived the crash.[7] For the rescue of the airmen, Sheila was awarded the Dickin Medal by the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals.[3] It is often referred to as the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross.[4] It was the first time that the medal had been awarded to a non-military dog, this time a search and rescue dog.[5] Meanwhile, Dagg was given the British Empire Medal.[1] One of Sheila's puppies, Tibbie, was later sent to the family of Sgt Frank Turner who did not survive the crash on the mountain.[7] A film called To The Border Bred was later produced which told the story of Sheila and followed Tibbie as she travelled to South Carolina.[6][7] The two medals, along with Dagg's First World War medals and newspaper clippings about the crash,[2] were sold by Sotheby's auction house on 13 December 2005 for £25,300 (ca. $40,488.00 American dollars).[8] It was projected to raise around £30,000.[9] See also
Notes1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|title=PDSA Dickin Medal auctioned at Sotheby's|url=http://www.pdsa.org.uk/about-us/media-pr-centre/news/645_pdsa-dickin-medal-auctioned-at-sotheby%E2%80%99s|publisher=People's Dispensary for Sick Animals|accessdate=16 September 2014|date=15 December 2005}} 2. ^{{cite news|title=Later Trent Buses Soon|url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000321/19450704/007/0001|accessdate=16 September 2014|newspaper=Nottingham Evening Post|issue=20887|publisher=British Newspaper Archive|date=4 July 1945|page=1|subscription=yes}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.pdsa.org.uk/about-us/animal-bravery-awards/dickin-medal-dogs |title=Dickin Medal dogs |publisher=People's Dispensary for Sick Animals |accessdate=14 September 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212182318/http://www.pdsa.org.uk/about-us/animal-bravery-awards/dickin-medal-dogs |archivedate=12 February 2010 |df= }} 4. ^{{cite book|last1=Long|first1=David|title=The animals' VC: for gallantry and devotion: the PDSA Dickin Medal - inspiring stories of bravery and courage |date=2012 |publisher=Preface |location=London |isbn=9781848093768 |ref=long2012}} 5. ^Charon & Charon (2005): p. 94 6. ^{{cite news|title=Sheepdog Sheila's film bow|url=http://www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/what-s-on/arts-entertainment/sheepdog-sheila-s-film-bow-1-3358766|accessdate=16 September 2014|work=Berwick Advertiser|date=31 March 2014}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://shadowcatfilms.com/to-the-border-bred-the-border-collie-story |publisher=Shadowcat Films |title=To the Border Bred {{mdash}} The Border Collie Story |year=2013 |accessdate=22 September 2014}} 8. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=Top dog's 'VC' goes under hammer|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/4523728.stm|accessdate=16 September 2014|work=BBC News|date=13 December 2005}} 9. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=WW2 dog's hero medal up for sale|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/ww2-dogs-hero-medal-up-1600196|accessdate=16 September 2014|newspaper=Evening Chronicle|date=13 December 2005}} References{{refbegin}}
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