Hi I'm wondering if anyone has any idea what the islands are like for war relics/souviners? I'm Interested to see if I can pick up anything?
My other half got flights to jersey and I'm looking for cheap nightly accomidation, can anyone point me in the direction?
Just seen a news item on BBC News that during the war,Jersey civilians involved in the German Feldpost organisation intercepted and sabotaged the...
I am trying to find out which army commando Lt Ian Maxwell GRANT [180710] served with after The Gordon Highlanders and before joining 2nd SAS. The...
The attached is from Then and Now Channel Islands A useful article about the War Graves in the Islands The book also list all the Cemeteries with...
People of Alderney celebrate the 65th anniversary of their return to the island after WW2. BBC News - 65th anniversary of Alderney homecoming...
Weekend Bookworm: The Model Occupation - ABC Queensland - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)...
During our Shipmates Reunion, we were given a privet tour of the above ,and during the time there ,i was shown some metal charts . And being a...
A chap on WW2F raised the subject of German 20cm & 38cm Spigot mortars for Engineer use, so I splashed the details from Gander's encyclopedia...
Operation Blazing was the proposed Allied assault on Alderny in 1942, which had the aim of taking and holding the island for at least 24 hours....
At 7.30pm 8 July 2010 to mark the 70th anniversary of the landing of what could be argued was Britain's first WW2 Commando a Commemorative stone...
I wondered if anyone was able to help with a project I am currently working on. As many of you will be aware the British Channel Island of...
BBC News - Jersey people awarded for aiding persecuted in WWII
A couple of memorials to keep an eye out for here in Jersey :- Great Escape memorial in the Parish of Trinity [IMG] and 263 Sqn memorial at...
At 11.30 this morning a short parade and services was held in St Helier to dedicate the Royal British Legion's field of Remembrance at the local...
Whilst reading Charles Cruickshank's book, 'The German Occupation of the Channel Islands' I saw that there was a very large Funeral that took...
I'm off to Jersey in May, and wondered if anyone could recommend a good guide for the WWII sites there. I already know the big ones but would like...
Now on to my first major project for the non commemorated war dead of WW2 From the island of Jersey the following appear to be non commemorated...
The Channel Islands were Occupied with some 30/40,000 German Soldiers including one re-inforced Infantry Division and One AA Brigade. A direct...
Tommorrow in Jersey, C.I. is Liberation Day! We were the only group of British Islands to be occupied by the Germans during WWII. Anyone been...
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