A medal awarded to a homing pigeon who helped the Dutch resistance during World War Two has been sold at auction for £30,000.

A military medal awarded to a racing pigeon for his heroic wartime exploits is coming home to Furness after it was bought on behalf of the ...

A military medal which was awarded to a Cumbrian racing pigeon who assisted the Dutch Resistance during the Second World War has been sold at auction and will return to his local area.

The Dickin Medal, often known as the Victoria Cross for animals, was given to him in 1946 and has been bought by the Dock Museum in Barrow-in-Furness. The grandson of Tommy's owner, who was at the ...

Tommy the pigeon, from Dalton-in-Furness, was awarded a Dickin Medal ... the medal which will now have a home at The Dock Museum in Barrow. The blue cock pigeon was owned by William Brockbank ...