A medal of courage for bomb dog Theo: Posthumous award for heroic animal who died hours after his master
An Army sniffer dog has been posthumously awarded the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross. Theo, a 22-month-old springer spaniel cross, will receive the PDSA Dickin Medal for life-saving bravery in conflict. He suffered a fatal seizure just hours after his handler, Lance Corporal Liam Tasker, 26, was shot dead by the Taliban in March…