Today, I came across a new website/blog featuring an article on Latchmere House/Camp 020. The article is hosted on the St. Margarets Community website. Written by Martyn Day, the article gives a brief history of Latchmere House and features a few quotes from its Commandant during World War 2, Lt. Col. Robin William George Stephens. […]
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Asparagus and Flying Aces – these are the two red herrings that can lead one astray in a search for information on Josef Jakobs. Google Search is a wonderful tool but it doesn’t always return the best search results. There are tips and tricks that you can use to improve the search results. First, one
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A few weeks ago, I received a kind email from Scott Allsop, a UK history teacher. Since April of this year, Scott has been hosting a daily podcast about significant or interesting historical events. He wanted to let me know that he would be posting a podcast about Josef Jakobs’ execution on 15 August. Scott’s
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Tidbits of information about Josef abound on the internet, usually in the context of trivia questions such as “Who was the last person executed in the Tower of London”. There are other websites which contain a bit more information and one of those is Historic Ramsey in Pictures. (N.B. 2021 – link no longer works).
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Since Josef Jakobs landed near the village of Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, his story is often mentioned in histories of the area. One such website is Upwood & The Raveleys History Pages which have a small section on Josef. This site also pulled a picture of Josef from his virtual grave on the Find A Grave website.
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RAF Bases near Ramsey When Josef landed near the village of Ramsey on the evening of January 31, 1941, he had a map in his possession which caused quite a stir with the local authorities. A pencilled circle and a cross marked the locations of two Royal Air Force Bases. The cross marked RAF Upwood
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Website Trivia Library – Famous Lasts – The Last Execution in the Tower of London Review There are many references to Josef Jakobs on the internet. The Trivia Library entry provides a fairly long article and is often referenced by other websites. The article on Josef is essentially a repeat of an article taken from
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There are many websites on the internet that make reference to Josef Jakobs. A plethora of sites feature the trivia question: Who was the last person executed in the Tower of London? In addition to the trivia sites, there are several that contain grossly inaccurate information (reviews in progress). There are also several that present
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I had no idea that Josef had a Facebook page! How can one have a Facebook page when one has been deceased for 70+ years? Well, apparently “famous people”, deceased or alive, get a Facebook page if they have a Wikipedia article. So the information on Josef’s Facebook page is essentially the same information as
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