Although he was wounded seven times by shrapnel (but never seriously), Jimmy stayed with his battalion until the end of the war.
Jimmy helped out by carrying handgun ammunition and other supplies to the firing line. In one incident, as Jimmy was carrying supplies, an airplane crashed near him. The pilot was not seriously wounded but was shaken. When he saw Jimmy, he also saw the flasks of whiskey in the pannier on his back. Needless to say, the whiskey helped to calm his nerves.
After the war, Jimmy was sent with other.draft animals to the Remount Depot to be sold. Because of the tricks he had learned, some circus people wanted to buy him.
However, Mrs. Heath, the secretary of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, felt that Jimmy deserved a better home. She raised enough money to buy Jimmy and was able to purchase him.
Because of his war wounds, Heath decided to have Jimmy X-rayed in case some shrapnel remained in his body. Jimmy wanted no part of being X-rayed, but after a contest of wills, the X-rays were done. Fortunately, no shrapnel was detected.
Jimmy never forgot his soldier buddies, because one day when he was on a fund-raising mission for the RSPCA, one of his former buddies happened to see Jimmy and went over to him. Jimmy instantly recognized the man, put his forelegs around the man's neck, and gave him a kiss.