Matt Dixon Posted 19 November , 2007 Share Posted 19 November , 2007 ON 19 OCT 1917 GERMAN ZEPPELINS ATTACKED THE MIDLANDS DURING WHICH A BOMB FELL ON THE AUSTIN MOTOR WORKS, LONGBRIDGE, BIRMINGHAM. ONE MILE AWAY, IN NORTHFIELD, DAME ELIZABETH CADBURY LIVED. SHE OWNED A PET MONKEY CALLED JACKO AND IT DIED OF FRIGHT AS A RESULT OF THE EXPLOSION. IT WAS BURIED WITH DUE CEREMONY IN DAME ELIZABETH'S PET CEMETERY. Is this true? Does anyone know anything about this supposed incident? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthergw Posted 19 November , 2007 Share Posted 19 November , 2007 You wouldn't be just making this up, would you Matt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dixon Posted 19 November , 2007 Author Share Posted 19 November , 2007 Someone emailed it to me and asked if I knew anything about it. I don't and I have no idea whether the story is apocryphal or not, I thought I would ask on here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Bennitt Posted 19 November , 2007 Share Posted 19 November , 2007 Was it not in the shelling of Hartlepool by the German battlecruiser fleet? cheers Martin B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Clark Posted 19 November , 2007 Share Posted 19 November , 2007 R.I.P Jacko.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KevinEndon Posted 19 November , 2007 Share Posted 19 November , 2007 Too much like Jacko and Jackson and his pet monkey. I feel that its fake. Matt, why are you shouting as us, what have we done. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted 19 November , 2007 Share Posted 19 November , 2007 Amazingly, there is an online refernece to this. The 2006 edition of Spaghetti Gazetti magazine refers to it. Scroll down right to the bottom and it's on page 8. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Pegram Posted 19 November , 2007 Share Posted 19 November , 2007 Jacko - another dead hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dixon Posted 19 November , 2007 Author Share Posted 19 November , 2007 I shall have a look at Birmingham Library and see whether I can find anything in there! Thanks for taking the time to reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Haslock Posted 19 November , 2007 Share Posted 19 November , 2007 I just knew someone would mention Hartlepool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 19 November , 2007 Share Posted 19 November , 2007 The Zep would have to be L41 which officially got blown south (the 11 Zep raid was supposed to be on the north) which bombed the west of Brum thinking it was Manchester! (great target recognition there). However although many histories blame the high winds for the general disorder (none bombed the right target) a significant part was probably played by British and French electronic warfare (not called that in those days) which managed to mess around with the radio signals the Germans were using as navigational aids. As this was highly secret the wind got all the credit (it probably deserved about half). 4 Zepps were lost. (shades of WW2 and the 'bending the beams' exercise in 1940/41). The story is quite possibly true as there was certainly a Zep bombing that part of Brum that night and the lady certainly existed. Poor old Jacko was the unintended victem of ealry electronic warfare and deception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelS Posted 16 February , 2019 Share Posted 16 February , 2019 A bit late, but the IWM War Memorial Register does have details of a headboard for 'Jacko' ( https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/17354 ) located in Birmingham which might give some credence to the story. NigelS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffnut453 Posted 16 February , 2019 Share Posted 16 February , 2019 The photo of the headboard does match the story. The inscription reads: Jacko, a Monkey Killed With Fright Caused by a Zep That Came Over One Night 1917 Presumably the IWM spared no efforts to ensure the headboard was authentic, to include dating of the wood and confirming the account with multiple eyewitnesses and contemporaneous documentary evidence? Then again, perhaps not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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