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The majority of the Dog Corps came from dog's homes or were strays held by the police but some were also volunteered by their owners. They were mainly employed as message and telegraph cable-reel carriers.
One can only conjecture whether Jack was born in Deddington in 1914 and subsequently was volunteered or was adopted when the Dog Corps members were 'demobbed' and good homes were needed. After surviving the Great War, he outlived his master to a good age, dying in 1927.
It is not known how long The Hermitage remained in the ownership of the Coggins family after George's death in 1920. Probate was granted to three male relatives.
Editor's note: You can read more about Jack and the Dog Corps he joined on page 6 of The First World War in The Supplement, A Parish at War