Cats have been brought on ships for various purposes throughout history, the most common one being to catch mice and rats. One such heroic cat was Simon, who famously guarded his soldiers aboard the ...

A war hero cat who safeguarded the lives of soldiers in 1949 has been commemorated on the 65th anniversary of his death. Royal Navy officers laid a wreath on the grave of Simon, their most ...

The year was 1949 and he was certainly an unlikely hero. For the male in question was in fact a little black and white cat called Simon. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT Quite how a stray cat ...

BACK in 1954 a buzz of excitement went round Londonderry with the news that the famous ship HMS Amethyst was to be 'mothballed' at Lisahally, as part of the Royal Navy's Reserve Fleet. Amethyst made ...

A poppy wreath is set to be laid in Plymouth on Armistice Day in memory of a brave feline who became the only cat to ever win the highest level of military award for animals. Simon was the ship's cat ...

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Second world war veteran Stewart Hett wore many hats while serving as a lieutenant on the British frigate HMS Amethyst in Asia in the late 1940s. “I was responsible for the ship’s anchor and its ...