Courage of the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry Remembered,
15th April 2018
Battle Commemorations
Les Rue Vertes, Masnières*
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The Jersey Contingent Memorial
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To Commemorate the Battle of Jutland, we have
a dedicated Roll of Honour and Service available
here.
Group members attended ceremonies in Orkney (Jutland)
and Thiepval (Somme) in May & July 2016, at
Tyne Cot in July 2017 and Les Rue Vertes (Cambrai)
on 30th November 2017.
Wreaths were laid at Scapa Flow on 31st May and
Thiepval, Guillemont on 1st July 2016, Tyne Cot
on 31st July 2017 and Les Rue Vertes on 30th November
2017
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*St Peter Port, Guernsey and Masnieres have become
Twinned Towns
Most of the remaining British, and some
French, graves on the Western Front have now been visited
and photographed following visits in June & October
2014 & May & June 2015. There were further visits
in June/July in 2016 and July/August 2017.
As
yet unidentified - 635 Sgt Chester Cecil Church, 30th
Bn, AIF
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7th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, can
you identify these Jerseymen?
Alderneymen in 1917, can
you identify any of them?
Due to covid restrictions no visits are likely in 2020
but attempts are being made to discover the final resting
places of the many French Channel Islanders who gave their
lives
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Welcome to the Channel
Islands Great War Study Group website
The main aim of the group is to improve understanding
and knowledge of the impact of the Great War on the Channel
Islands and their people
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Digital Roll of Honour goes on show
in Jersey
A tribute to the late Barrie Bertram who compiled our
original Roll
If you have any queries, would like
to join the group or contribute information, please
contact
us.
We also have
a Facebook page here
CWGC Links problems
July
2020: The CWGC have made changes to their web site that
have resulted in the failure of all of our links to them
in our Rolls of Honour. Most of these are now fixed but
please contact us if you find non-working links
Family information in
all Rolls is being expanded as families contact us.
This work continues.
4 men on the Guernsey Roll of Honour and
5 men on the Jersey Roll of Honour lost their lives in the
fourth quarter of 1920
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NEW
- Channel Islands Submariners
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New
- 245 (Gsy) Coy RE Bridge in Belgium
NEW Book - 'Traces
of War on the Dunes' by Heather Morton
The story of Jersey's little known PoW
camp
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The Salvation Army in The Great War - Featuring
the work of Ada Le Poidevin
Video
Group Journal numbers 1-63 can be downloaded from here
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Books from Group members - More
details
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