A PDSA Dickin medal awarded to the homing pigeon Tommy for assisting the Dutch Resistance during the Second World War, the medal inscribed "N. U. R. P. 41 D. H. Z. 56, Tommy, Holland-Lancs, July 1942, A.F.M. C. No 1152, No. 34", together with a large group of related documents and photographs.

[On the 17th of July 1942, Tommy, a blue cock pigeon NURP 41 DHZ 56, property of Mr William Brockbank, a blacksmith's striker, of 92 Queen Street, Dalton-in-Furness, took part in a race from Christchurch, near Bournemouth. it is believed a storm took the bird considerably off course and into German-occupied Holland, where it was discovered, somewhat exhausted, by a Dutch postman. Tommy was passed on to 26 year old accountant, Dutch Resistance member and pigeon fancier Dick Dryver, who identified the bird as British from its leg ring. Dryver nursed the bird back to fitness and gave it the name Tommy. In an attempt to notify British Intelligence of a concentration of arms at a factory at Ijmuiden, near Amsterdam, Tommy was sent home to Blighty carrying a message container. Aware of the security threat they posed, the Germans had ordered the culling of homing pigeons, making Tommy conspicuous to occupying military personnel. The bird was indeed spotted by soldiers at a lookout post and was "winged" by a bullet. Although wounded, Tommy survived the 400-mile flight back to Dalton, arriving, still bleeding, on the 19th of August, six weeks after the initial race. The Resistance message was illegible to the Brockbanks but was appended in English "God bless Queen Wilhelmina and long live Winston Churchill". Suspecting its importance, Mr Brockbank passed on to the County Police.

The covert message "Tommy has arrived safely" was broadcast to the Dutch Resistance by the BBC Dutch Service.

It was not until 1946 that Mr Brockbank was informed that the message had resulted in the destruction of the arms site during an Allied air raid and that Tommy had been awarded the Dickin medal. It was presented by Major-General J W Van Oorschot of the Dutch Army Intelligence Service and RAF Wing Commander W D Lea-Raynor, the founder of the RAF Pigeon Service, at a ceremony at the Dutch Embassy, with Mr Dryver in attendance.

After the War Mr Brockbank regularly exhibited Tommy at shows, and charged a small fee to those wishing to see the pigeon. The proceeds were used to purchase a playground for local children. The site is now the location of Dalton Leisure Centre, which bears a plaque in Tommy's honour. Tommy was buried at what was the Brockbank's pigeon croft at Croftlands.]