Recipients
| Recipient(s) | Animal | Date of award | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Vision | Pigeon | 01943-12-022 December 1943 | Delivered a message that contributed to the rescue of a ditched aircrew in October 1943 | |
| Winkie | Pigeon | 01943-12-022 December 1943 | Delivered a message that contributed to the rescue of a ditched aircrew in February 1942 | |
| Tyke | Pigeon | 01943-12-022 December 1943 | Delivered a message that contributed to the rescue of a ditched aircrew in June 1943 | |
| Bob | DogMongrel !Dog | 01944-03-2424 March 1944 | A mongrel, worked on patrol at Green Hill, North Africa; served with the 6th Battalion Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment | |
| Beach Comber | Pigeon | 01944-09-011 September 1944 | Brought the first news of the landings at Dieppe in 1942; served with the Canadian Army | |
| Gustav | Pigeon | 01944-09-011 September 1944 | Brought the first message from the Normandy beaches on 6 June 1944 | |
| Paddy | Pigeon | 01944-09-011 September 1944 | Held best recorded time with a message from the Normandy Operations in June 1944 | |
| Rip | DogMongrel !Dog | 01945-01-011945 | A mongrel, located many victims of the air-raids of The Blitz | |
| Jet | DogAlsatian !Dog | 01945-01-1212 January 1945 | An Alsatian, assisted in the rescue of persons trapped under blitzed buildings; served with the Civil Defence Service | |
| Irma | DogAlsatian !Dog | 01945-01-1212 January 1945 | An Alsatian, assisted in the rescue of persons trapped under blitzed buildings; served with the Civil Defence Service | |
| Beauty | DogWire !Dog | 01945-01-1212 January 1945 | A Wirehaired Terrier, assisted in the location of buried air-raid victims; served with a PDSA Rescue Squad | |
| Rob | DogCollie !Dog | 01945-01-2222 January 1945 | A Collie, made over 20 parachute descents during the North African Campaign; served with the Special Air Service (SAS) | |
| Kenley Lass | Pigeon | 01945-03-01 March 1945 | First pigeon to deliver intelligence from an agent in enemy-occupied France in October 1940; served with the National Pigeon Service | |
| Navy Blue | Pigeon | 01945-03-01 March 1945 | Although injured, delivered a message from a raiding party in France, June 1944 | |
| Flying Dutchman | Pigeon | 01945-03-01 March 1945 | Delivered three messages from agents in the Netherlands; missing in action on the fourth mission in 1944 | |
| Dutch Coast | Pigeon | 01945-03-01 March 1945 | Delivered an SOS message from a ditched aircrew 288 miles in 7.5 hours in April 1942 | |
| Commando | Pigeon | 01945-03-01 March 1945 | Delivered three messages from agents in occupied France; served with the National Pigeon Service | |
| Royal Blue | Pigeon | 01945-03-01 March 1945 | First pigeon of the war to deliver a message from a forced landed aircraft on the Continent in October 1940 | |
| Thorn | DogAlsatian !Dog | 01945-03-022 March 1945 | An Alsatian, located air-raid casualties in a burning building; served with the Civil Defence Service | |
| Rifleman Khan | DogAlsatian !Dog | 01945-03-2727 March 1945 | An Alsatian, rescued a soldier from drowning while under heavy shell fire during the assault of Walcheren in November 1944; served with the 6th Battalion Cameronians | |
| Rex | DogAlsatian !Dog | 01945-04-01 April 1945 | An Alsatian, located casualties in burning buildings; served with the Civil Defence Service | |
| Ruhr Express | Pigeon | 01945-05-01 May 1945 | Carried an important message from the Ruhr Pocket in April 1945 | |
| William of Orange | Pigeon | 01945-05-01 May 1945 | Held the record time for delivering a message from the Arnhem Airborne Operation; served with the National Pigeon Service (Army) | |
| Scotch Lass | Pigeon | 01945-06-01 June 1945 | Brought 38 microphotographs across the North Sea from the Netherlands, despite injury, in September 1944 | |
| Sheila | DogCollie !Dog | 01945-07-022 July 1945 | A Collie, assisted in the rescue of four American airmen lost on the Cheviot Hills in a blizzard after a crash in December 1944 | |
| Billy | Pigeon | 01945-08-01 August 1945 | Delivered a message from a bomber which had been force-landed in 1942 | |
| Broad Arrow | Pigeon | 01945-10-01 October 1945 | Brought three important messages from the Continent in 1943; served with the National Pigeon Service (Special Section) | |
| NPS.42.NS.2780 | Pigeon | 01945-10-01 October 1945 | Brought three important messages from the Continent in 1942 and 1943; served with the National Pigeon Service (Special Section) | |
| NPS.42.NS.7524 | Pigeon | 01945-10-01 October 1945 | Brought three important messages from the Continent in 1942 and 1943; served with the National Pigeon Service (Special Section) | |
| Maquis | Pigeon | 01945-10-01 October 1945 | Brought three important messages from the Continent from 1943 and 1944; served with the National Pigeon Service (Special Section) | |
| Mary of Exeter | Pigeon | 01945-11-01 November 1945 | Showed outstanding endurance on war service despite injury | |
| Peter | DogCollie !Dog | 01945-11-01 November 1945 | A Collie, located people trapped under blitzed buildings; served with the Civil Defence Service | |
| Tommy | Pigeon | 01946-02-01 February 1946 | Delivered a message from the Netherlands to Lancashire in July 1942; served with the National Pigeon Service | |
| All Alone | Pigeon | 01946-02-01 February 1946 | Delivered an important message following a flight of over 400 miles in one day in August 1943; served with the National Pigeon Service | |
| Judy | DogPointer !Dog | 01946-05-01 May 1946 | A pedigree Pointer, helped keep morale high among fellow prisoners in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp | |
| Princess | Pigeon | 01946-05-01 May 1946 | Completed a special mission to Crete, a journey of more than 500 miles over sea, with valuable information | |
| Mercury | Pigeon | 01946-08-01 August 1946 | Carried out a special task involving a 480-mile flight from Northern Denmark in 1942; served with the National Pigeon Service (Special Section) | |
| NURP.38.BPC.6 | Pigeon | 01946-08-01 August 1946 | Made three flights in 1941; served with the National Pigeon Service (Special Section) | |
| G.I. Joe | Pigeon | 01946-08-01 August 1946 | Flew 20 miles in as many minutes, delivering a message which is credited with saving over 100 lives; served with the United States Army Pigeon Service | |
| Punch and Judy | DogBoxer !Dogs | 01946-11-01 November 1946 | Boxers, saved two British officers in Israel by attacking a terrorist | |
| Cologne | Pigeon | 01947-01-011947 | Homed from a crashed aircraft over Cologne despite injury in 1943 | |
| Duke of Normandy | Pigeon | 01947-01-088 January 1947 | First bird to arrive with message from Paratroops of 21st Army Group on D Day (6 June 1944); served with the National Pigeon Service | |
| NURP.43.CC.1418 | Pigeon | 01947-01-088 January 1947 | Fastest flight carrying a message from the 6th Airborne Division from Normandy, 7 June 1944; served with the National Pigeon Service | |
| DD.43.T.139 | Pigeon | 01947-02-01 February 1947 | Brought message of foundered ship in the Huon Gulf in time to salvage it and its cargo; served with the Royal Australian Corps of Signals | |
| DD.43.Q.879 | Pigeon | 01947-02-01 February 1947 | Only survivor of three pigeons released to warn of an impending counter-attack at Manus Island. Reached headquarters in time to extract a U.S. Marine Corps patrol; served with the Royal Australian Corps of Signals | |
| Ricky | DogWelsh !Dog | 01947-03-2929 March 1947 | A Welsh Collie, located mines along a canal bank at Nederweert in the Netherlands, despite being injured by one | |
| Bing (Brian) | DogAlsatian !Dog | 01947-03-2929 March 1947 | An Alsatian, parachuted into Normandy with 13th Battalion Airborne Division. | |
| Olga | Horse | 01947-04-1111 April 1947 | Controlled traffic and assisted rescue operations following a flying bomb explosion in Tooting; served with the police | |
| Upstart | Horse | 01947-04-1111 April 1947 | Controlled traffic following a flying bomb exploding in Bethnal Green; served with the police | |
| Regal | Horse | 01947-04-1111 April 1947 | Remained calm despite being subject to stable fires in Muswell Hill caused by explosive incendiaries on two separate occasions | |
| Simon | Cat | 01949-01-011949 | HMS Amethyst's ship's cat, awarded for the disposal of many rats despite injury | |
| Antis | DogAlsatian !Dog | 01949-01-2828 January 1949 | An Alsatian, served with a Czech airman in the French Air Force in North Africa, and helped his master escape after the death of Jan Masaryk | |
| Tich | DogMongrel !Dog | 01949-07-011 July 1949 | A mongrel, awarded for courage and devotion between 1941–45; served with the 1st Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps | |
| Gander | DogNewfoundland !Dog | 02000-10-2727 October 2000 | A Newfoundland, saved Canadian infantrymen on at least three separate occasions during the Battle of Lye Mun on Hong Kong Island in December 1941; killed in action gathering a grenade | |
| Appollo | DogAlsatian !Dog | 02002-03-055 March 2002 | An Alsatian, received the award on behalf of all search-and-rescue dogs who assisted in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in 2001 | |
| Salty and Roselle | DogLabrador !Dogs | 02002-03-055 March 2002 | Labrador guide dogs, led their blind owners down more than 70 flights of stairs to escape from the damaged World Trade Center in September 2001 | |
| Sam | DogAlsatian !Dog | 02003-01-1414 January 2003 | An Alsatian, brought down an armed man and held back rioters while serving in Bosnia and Herzegovina in April 1998; served with The Royal Canadian Regiment on assignment from the Royal Army Veterinary Corps | |
| Buster | DogSpringer !Dog | 02003-12-099 December 2003 | A Springer Spaniel, located a weapons arsenal in Safwan, Southern Iraq in March 2003; served with the Duke of Wellington's Regiment | |
| Lucky | DogAlsatian !Dog | 02007-02-066 February 2007 | An Alsatian, the only member of a four-dog team to survive tracking terrorists in Malaya from 1949 to 1952; served with the Royal Air Force Police | |
| Sadie | DogLabrador !Dog | 02007-02-066 February 2007 | A Labrador, detected explosive devices, which were subsequently disarmed, while serving in Kabul, Afghanistan, in November 2005; served with the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment | |
| Treo | DogLabrador !Dog | 02010-02-2424 February 2010 | A Labrador, located improvised explosive devices while serving in Helmand Province, Afghanistan in August and September 2008; served with Royal Army Veterinary Corps | |
| Theo | dogSpringer !Dog | 02012-10-2525 October 2012 | A Springer Spaniel, who located improvised explosive devices while serving in Afghanistan, holds the record for most operational finds by an arms and explosives search dog with 14. |
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