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| Picture No | 11066082 |
| Date | 1918 |
| Description | British Army messager pigeon service |
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Taking birds out: to the trenches by dispatch-riders to let the pigeons fly for training. Regular going and coming supply service of birds between the pigeon homing lofts at Divisional and other headquarters was part of the ordinary Army routine at the Front, during World War One.
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| Source | Photograph by S and G in 'The Illustrated War News', 20 March 1918, part 93, page 19 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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