They also served... The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals held a show in the grounds of the Royal Hospital , Chelsea in aid of the Allied Forces Animals ' War Memorial . Picture shows: Left to right: Three winners of the animals ' Victoria Cross , the Dickin medal . Robb , veteran of 20 parachute descents with the men of the Special Air Service regiment ; Irma , heroine of the Civil Defence Force and Judy , Shanghai-born gun-boat mascot who was torpedoed and taken prisoner by the Japanese to become a friend of RAF POWs in the Far East 7 September 1946