WW1 Jimmy - the war donkey?

[Still Waters]

The tale goes that Jimmy the donkey was born in a World War One trench and was made a sergeant for his work with a Scottish regiment. But there is much mystery attached to the story.

In 1920, at the Peterborough Cattle Market, Jimmy was sold to the RSPCA by a horse dealer called George Walding.

Over the next 20 years Jimmy was used in and around Peterborough to raise funds for the charity.

But, Jimmy had something of a colourful back story.

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