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North, East, South and West will be the strategic positions that a military working dog will be
placed to represent their associated Armed Forces organisation:
North – The British Army East – The Royal Air Force
This plinth will be representative of the tip of This plinth will be representative of the nose
the spear. The British Army is represented by cone of an aircraft. The RAF is represented by
working army dog, Theo, whose handler Liam working RAF Police dog, Lucky, who was sent
Tasker had strong ties to the North regions (both ‘East’, to Malaya, to help track terrorist groups in
Scotland and Yorkshire). the jungles during the Malayan Emergency.
West – Military Mascots South – The Royal Navy
The plinth will be representative of military This plinth will be representative of the bow of a
working dogs of all branches of the Armed ship. South is symbolic as being the direction
Services who served as mascots. West is that many threats to the United Kingdom have
represented by one of the most famous working come from and for being the region historically,
military dogs in recent years, Buster, of the RAF and currently, to key Royal Navy bases. They
Police. Buster served first as an active military will be represented by working Royal Navy dog,
working dog in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. Judy.
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