![Alfred Auguste Digard](pix/digard-aa.jpg)
Sergeant (?) Alfred Auguste Digard
Royal Guernsey Light Infantry
Family notes state that he volunteered (No745)? for
the Militia in 1914 and served as Q.M./Sgt at Fort George
Guernsey, being unfit for overseas duty.
At the time of his marriage, the newspaper reported
that he was a Private in the 1st Service Coy., Royal
Guernsey Light Infantry.
Born in 1891 at St Peter Port, Guernsey. Husband of
Blanche Madeleine Bretel. Brother of Eugene
Emile and Claude
John.
Despite this humble beginnings, he rose from office
boy to Chairman/MD of the Guernsey Press
He died in 1951