British Soldier saves Canaries

August 5, 2017October 10, 2019 Pam Preedy

A British soldier with two canaries that he had rescued from a shell-struck house in France, the only living things found amid the ruins.

I wonder what happened to them after the war?

 

Source: The War Illustrated, 1st June 1918 (pg 282)

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