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Swansea Jack memorialSwansea Jack1930-1937 retriever who saved 27 human and 2 canine lives from drowning (Wikipedia) |
J. Cecil Jones
1938 |
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erected to the memory of SWANSEA JACK the brave retriever who saved 27 human and 2 canine lives from drowning loved and mourned by all dog lovers died october 2nd 1937 at the age of 7 years never had mankind more faithful friend than thou who oft thy life didst lend to save some human sould from death owner & trainer wm. thomas |
Signed: J. Cecil Jones (?)
Memorial to Dog.Designed by Mr Littlejohn, executed by Brown's monumental masons of Heathfield Street, Swansea.
The Mayor of Swansea. Councillor W. D. Rees, on Saturday [1 October 1938] unveiled on Swansea promenade a memorial to "Swansea Jack," a retriever dog owned by Mr. W. Thomas, of Victoria Hotel, Swansea, which during its lifetime saved 23 people from drowning. Permission was given for the dog. which was the holder of the canine "V.C.," to be buried in a corner on Swansea promenade. Mr. C. Jones, a monumental mason in the town, made the memorial.
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