Feline friends of the trenches

It wouldn't be the internet without lots of pictures of cats.  While it's difficult to find much lightness around the trenches, I none the less find it a little comforting that there were some creatures around that provided occasional, if not somewhat distant companionship for the occupants.

Here's a collection of photos of cats in the service during the Great War.  I would like to draw particular attention to Pitouchi, a belgian cat:

"Pitouchi" (photo below) was born in the trenches. His mother was killed when he was a kitten, and he was adopted and nursed to health by Lt. Lekeux of the Belgian army.