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MPX5098956: "Dennis" is the first Army horse to go into retirement under the recent agreement between the RSPCA and the Ministry of Defence. Today at the Beaumont Barracks, Aldershot, Dennis was handed over to the RSPCA. Dennis with his rider Cpl. Peter Spooner before being handed over to the RSPCA, December 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5099404: Canadian Pacific immigrant ship Beaverbrae formerly the Hapag's Huascaran which was taken over by the German Navy during the second world war and used as a u-boat repair ship in Norway. Captured in 1945 and handed over to Canadian Government, the ship was sold to Canadian Pacific in 1947. Refitted and renamed Beaverbrae and used as an emigrant carrier on the St. John - Bremerhaven/Bremen route. Seen here being towed through the lock gates of the London docks. 25th July 1949 / Bridgeman Images