Hull Daily Mail – Friday 15 December 1939

HIS CATS HAD 15 LIVES
Second-Officer , Alfred Tilley, of Mitcham Fire Brigade, Surrey, who has received three public testimonials, including a medal from the R.S.P.C.A. for his pluck and resource in rescuing cats, rescued his fifteenth cat on Wednesday night from the roof of the home of a Mitcham councillor.