Sasha was a British Army Labrador bomb-detection dog credited with finding explosives and weapons in Afghanistan before being killed with Lance Corporal Kenneth Rowe in 2008.

Helmand / Kandahar region, Afghanistan

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Sasha was credited with finding explosives and weapons before being killed with Kenneth Rowe in Afghanistan.

Her ashes were returned to Britain, and she was posthumously awarded the Dickin Medal in 2014.

Sasha is archived because animal service records should include both saved lives and the animal’s own death.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Sasha (dog)
• BBC: Army dog killed in Afghanistan given posthumous medal
• The Guardian: British army dog awarded bravery medal for work in Afghanistan