Simon (cat)

Simon

Simon in quarantine, November 1949
Species	Felis catus
Sex	Male
Born	c. 1947 Hong Kong
Died	28 November 1949 (aged 2) Surrey, England
Resting place	Plot 281 of the PDSA's pet cemetery in Ilford, Essex, England
Occupation	Ship's cat of HMS Amethyst, honorary 'Able Seacat'
Employer	Royal Navy
Known for	Received several medals due to exemplary conduct in the Yangtze incident
Awards	Dickin Medal Naval General Service Medal

Simon (c. 1947 – 28 November 1949) was a ship's cat who served on the Royal Navy sloop-of-war HMS Amethyst. In 1949, during the Yangtze Incident, he received the PDSA's Dickin Medal after surviving injuries from an artillery shell, raising morale, and killing off a rat infestation during his service.^[1]