Channel Islands

Celebrating the Liberation of the Only British Soil Occupied During World War II

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Members of the Royal Jersey Militia Army, dressed in vintage WWII uniforms, await the signal to re-enact the liberation of the Isle of Jersey at the end of WWII

The crowd assembled in Liberation Square gripped their small British flags, eagerly awaiting the moment when re-enactors would come pouring into the plaza, dressed in vintage WWII uniforms. As the last strains of “Beautiful Jersey” faded away, cadets from the Royal Jersey Militia Army mounted a rear wall and came rushing through the onlookers, handing … Read more