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Message capsule from a carrier pigeon, 1916 (c)

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Message capsule from a carrier pigeon, 1916 (c)

Pigeons carried coded messages. They could quickly fly up and out of range and be relied upon when all other communication had failed - 95 per cent of pigeon messages were received. The capsule was retained at the end of World War One (1914-1918) by Private George William Pennicott of the Royal Engineers.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 2014-07-71-1-1

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Conflict in Europe gallery

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=2014-07-71-1-1