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Memorial details

Memorial type
Stone of remembrance
District
Peterborough
Town
Peterborough
County
Cambridgeshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Animal Memorials
Ceremony
  • Rededicated
    Date: 2003
    Attended by: Representatives from the Scottish Rifles
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
8497

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Current location

Close to the Play Area
Central Park
Park Crescent
Peterborough
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE1 4DX
England

OS Grid Ref: TF 19599 00107
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Headstone decorated with carved head of a donkey. Explanatory panel nearby.
Inscription
Headstone: "OUR JIMMY"/ BORN ON THE SOMME JUNE 1916/ MASCOT OF THE 1ST SCOTTISH/ RIFLES, DIED MAY 10TH 1943/ BOUGHT BY MRS HEATH IN 1920/ TO GIVE HIM A GOOD HOME/ AND TO PROMOTE INTEREST IN/ THE R.S.P.C.A. Plaque: JIMMY/ JIMMY WAS A DONKEY THAT SERVED IN/ THE ARMY ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF FRANCE/ IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR./ BORN ON THE SOMME IN 1916, HE WAS/ ADOPTED AS AN UNOFFICIAL MASCOT BY/ THE 1ST BATTALION SCOTTISH RIFLES./ WOUNDED SEVERAL TIMES, HE BECAME/ THE ONLY DONKEY TO RECEIVE A MILITARY/ DECORATION. JIMMY WAS DEMOBILISED/ IN 1919 AND BROUGHT BACK TO/ PETERBOROUGH WHERE HE SPENT/ THE REST OF HIS DAYS.
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Animal Memorials
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forename, regiment, year of birth, place of birth, date of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Memorial
    Measurements: depth 500m, height 1500mm, width 2000mm
    Materials: Undefined
Listing information
Condition
History
2003: the headstone was refurbished, but a wrong year of death was incised. In 2007 it was corrected to the original 1943.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
PETERBOROUGH CITY COUNCIL
Reference

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