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The Guernsey Society was formed in 1943 to represent the interests of the island to the British government during the German occupation and to establish a network for Guernsey evacuees in the United Kingdom. CI Monthly Review. Lapel badges were produced to help islanders recognise other evacuees. [23]
The Society has published a regular magazine since 1945. The Bulletin appeared eight times during 1945 and 1946. It became Quarterly Review of the Guernsey Society in January 1947, and continued until 1971, when the frequency was reduced to three times a year, and the title changed to The Review of the Guernsey Society.
Guernsey ships in the 14th century were small. 12-80 tons with crews of 8-20 men. [4]: 35 In times of war, ships could be seized as prizes, the practice continuing in times of peace, against all nationalities, as piracy. In 1441, Guernsey's liberties, customs and usages were set out in Le Précepte d'Assise. [10]: 37
Ships left Guernsey on 26 and 27 September with 825 deportees, [8]: 56 including 9 from Sark. Guernsey borrowed two field kitchens from the Germans and cooked the “evacuees”, as the Germans referred to them, a meal. The ships departed after curfew. [9]: 63–69 A third batch of 560 left Jersey on 29 September 1942. The Jersey sailing ...
German soldiers in Jersey. During the five-year German occupation of the Channel Islands (30 June 1940 to 9 May 1945) civilian life became much more difficult. During that time, the Channel Islanders had to live under and obey the laws of Nazi Germany and work with their occupiers in order to survive and reduce the impact of occupation.
The Channel Islands Occupation Society [100] [101] was formed in order to study and preserve the history of this period. Castle Cornet was presented to the people of Guernsey in 1947 by the Crown as a token of their loyalty during two world wars.
Guernsey Society, members of "The Guernsey Farmhouse" (De La Rue for the Guernsey Society, 1963) Guillemette, Louis - The People's Messenger: the Occupation Diaries of Louis Guillemette, Guernsey 1940-45 (Blue Ormer, 2022) ISBN 9781999341565; Gurney, David - "Postal History of the Guernsey Sub-Post Offices"
Founded in 1961, by Richard Heaume, M.B.E.,in Guernsey, the society still researches all aspects of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands. It has an archive of historical documents, and also renovated the former German naval Signals H.Q, which was responsible for all messages to the islands from France and then Germany after D Day.