Able Seacat Simon, D.M., R.N.
(1947-1949)
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October 31, 1949: Article that appeared in U.S. newspapers.



November 9, 1949: Article that appeared in U.S. newspapers.



November 30, 1949: The announcement of Simon's death that appeared in the Times of London.



Lt. Commander K. Stewart Hett, M.B.E., R.N. (Ret.) seen laying the wreath at the grave of Able Seacat Simon, DM, RN during the rededication of the PDSA Animal Cemetery in Ilford, England.
(Photo courtesy of Able Seaman Charlie Chivers, R.N.)



December 13, 2007: Wreaths from Robert W. Green (top) and Lt. Commander K. Stewart Hett, M.B.E., R.N. (Ret.) laid on Simon's grave during the re-dedication of the PDSA Animal Cemetery in Ilford, England.
(Photo courtesy of Lt. Commander K. Stewart Hett, M.B.E., R.N. (Ret.)



December 13, 2007: Close up of Simon's grave during the re-dedication of the PDSA Animal Cemetery in
Ilford, England.
(Photo courtesy of Lt. Commander K. Stewart Hett, M.B.E., R.N. (Ret.)



August 2009: A display honouring Able Seacat Simon, D.M., R.N. at HMS Collingswood, Portsmouth, England. Simon's Dickin Medal is shown over a stuffed cat which resembles Simon. The Dickin Medal, which is owned by the Eaton Film Company is on loan for the display. This is only one section of a larger display which related the story of the Yangtze Incident.
(Photo courtesy of Patrick Roberts and www.purr-n-fur.org.uk)
© 2009 Patrick Roberts all rights reserved



Jan. 30, 2012

I wish to express my profound gratitude for your information about Able Seacat Simon. As a person who has long experienced the honor of living with cats, I can personally attest to their insight, steadfastness, charity and devotion. Simon has many a story to tell at the Rainbow Bridge for I, with my whole heart, believe that a merciful God has indeed created a special dwelling place for those of his loyal creatures who speak not with a voice but with their spirits and hearts.

Once again, my gratitude goes to you along with all best wishes for your continued endeavors on behalf of:

They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Psalms, 107:23-30, KJV

Janis R. Oles
Massachusetts, U.S.A.




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