Captain Loxley's Little Dog And Lassie The Life-saving Collie: Hero Dogs of the First World War Associated With The Sinking of H.M.S. Formidable

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Summary

Captain Loxley’s Little Dog is a touching but very sad true story related to one of the maritime tragedies of World War 1. It tells of the devotion of Bruce, the Airedale/Irish Terrier cross who remained faithful to his master, the Captain of the ill-fated H.M.S. Formidable even unto death. Bruce refused to leave his master’s side for the safety of a lifeboat when his master’s ship went down off the Devon/Dorset Coast after being torpedoed by a German U-boat during the early hours of New Year’s Day, 1915. Instead, Bruce chose to stay on duty with Captain Loxley on the forebridge to the last. Lassie was the remarkably intelligent collie from Lyme Bay, Dorset, who saved the life of one of the sailors of the H.M.S. Formidable.

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