War Horses

The statues commemorate the Arborfield site’s history as a Remount Depot and Horse Infirmary, supplying some 100,000 from 1904.

Dorothy Brooke has been honoured in Salisbury with a Blue Plaque, a historical marker commemorating her links with the city.

Blue Cross has been helping pets during critical times since the Balkan War and then the First World War when it set up animal hospitals on the front lines and provided essential veterinary kits to soldiers for their horses.

“While this year we will not be able to ride together as a troop, individually we will be on parade at our driveways to keep the memory of the Light Horse alive through this difficult time.” 

Armistice Day kicks off campaign to remember the ‘forgotten victims’ of today’s war zones.

On the centenary of the armistice of World War One on November 11, Blue Cross is honouring the role animals played in the war – not just a vital part of the war effort, but as companions with whom soldiers forged unbreakable bonds. 

Brooke’s year-long Every Horse Remembered campaign to highlight working equines past and present draws to a close.

Horse lovers from around the UK create photo mosaic to remember war horses.

Development’s history as World War 1 veterinary clinic and remount base recognised with life-sized sculptures.

£300,000 bronze statue a reminder of the service and sacrifice millions of horses, mules and donkeys made in the First World War.

“Hack to Remember” part of campaign for raise £1 million to help working equines around the world.