Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 17-year-old British sailor saved Simon from the Hong Kong docks when he was likely a year old. Hickinbottom didn’t get in ...

Cats have been brought on ships for various purposes throughout history, the most common one being to catch mice and rats. One such heroic cat was Simon, who famously guarded his soldiers aboard the ...

A poppy wreath is set to be laid in Plymouth on Armistice Day in memory of a brave feline who became the only cat to ever win the highest level of military award for animals. Simon was the ship's cat ...