Paratrooper Brian, D.M. and the future of military working dogs
![Members of 13 Parachute Battalion relax with a Para dog 1945](https://history.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/06/Members-of-13-Parachute-Battalion-relax-with-a-Para-dog-1945-.jpg)
In March 1947, an Alsatian patrol dog with the 13th Parachute Battalion received the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) Dickin Medal for service in the Second World War. In addition to patrol duties, Bing, or Brian as he …