A famous mascot - Captain Scott dog joins the Army
Scotty, the dog belonging to Captain Robert Falcon Scott, who went to the South Pole with Scott in 1912 and went with the relief party to find his late master's body. He was then presented to the 3rd Battalion, City of London Regiment by Captain F. Keith Jones as a regimental mascot. According to the caption, Scotty was very fierce and the demise of three donkeys was down to him
Picture No
10731410
Media ID
46114354
Size
3885px x 5591px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph page by Wynford Swinburne in The Tatler, 7 July 1915
Date
1915
