28th February 2018, 2pm to 5.30pm The Ouless Room, Jersey Museum Invitation All persons and organisations with an interest in Jersey military history are cordially invited to attend the Inaugural Jersey Military History Forum Please see the Jersey Military History Forum Invitation for further details and reply as requested if you are interested in attending. Places are limited. Reasons …
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One hundred years on at Passchendaele – ZERO HOUR
In 2017, the weather has been wet and the night air has had a chill to it. Having got up early, I headed out of Ypres north-eastwards towards Passchendaele and ZERO HOUR. Making my way along the small roads which crisscross the fields which were the battlefield, it is only too apparent that this place is wet! Even with working …
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Nazi Germany occupies part of the British Isles – (The German Occupation of the Channel Islands Part 2)
The British government hoped that as open towns, the islands would be spared a German attack which would be costly in civilian lives as well as property damage. Indeed they even naively considered that the Germans would not even bother occupying the undefended islands, which might be able to sit out the war in isolation. For the Germans, victoriously sitting in Normandy …
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Jersey Past and Present – a bit of nostalgia
Cigarette manufacturers in the last century used to insert a card into the paper packaging in order to provide some stiffness and help prevent the cigarettes from being crushed. It wasn’t long before these cards had pictures printed on them and sets of cards were produced for smokers (or more often than not, their children) to collect. Playgrounds were the …
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Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Poingdestre
Died: 11th February 1915 Aged: 54 Alfred Poingdestre entered [Victoria College] in 1869, at the age of nine. In 1874 he went to reside with his parents in France, returning to College in 1878. In 1880 he joined the Militia, and passed thence to The South Staffordshire Regiment in 1882. In 1883 he was transferred to the Suffolk Regiment, …
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