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The Channel Islands in the Great War (Paperback)
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The Channel Islands in the Great War (Paperback)
Series: Towns & Cities in the Great War
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List price R456
Loot Price R373
Discovery Miles 3 730
You Save R83 (18%)
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Before the outbreak of the First World War, the Channel Islands
were viewed as they are today; scenic, sunny and relaxing holiday
destinations, where it was possible to briefly escape from the
hustle and bustle of everyday life. As soon as the fighting began,
the immediate worry was the threat of a German invasion to the
Islands, which are much closer to the coast line of France than
they are to the southern coast line of Great Britain. Both men and
women alike played their part. Men by either joining one of the
islands Militia or enlisting in one of the numerous regiments of
the British Army, including the 'Jersey Pals', and the men who
served with the Royal Irish Fusiliers, the Royal Irish Rifles and
the Royal Irish Regiment. The book looks at the pride in the
commitment and achievements of the Channel Islands' very own Royal
Guernsey Light Infantry, formed in December 1916. The Islands'
women volunteered in their droves to serve with the British Red
Cross' Voluntary Aid Detachments, but not just throughout the
Channel Islands, but to mainland Great Britain, and further afield
in Belgium and France and other similar theatres of war. As far as
most people are aware, the first time German soldiers stepped foot
in the Channel Islands, was when their troops landed unopposed in
June 1940 during the Second World War. However, between 1915 and
1917, some 2,000 German prisoners of war, were held captive at the
Les Blanches Banques camp. The book closes by taking a look at the
men from all of the Islands who voluntarily went off to war, and
ended up paying the ultimate price and didn't make it back home to
their loved ones.
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