On May 8th 1945 From The Balcony Above

Alexander Moncrieff Coutanche

Bailiff Of Jersey

Announced That

The Island Was To Be Liberated After

Five Years Of German Military Occupation

 

On 10th May 1985

Her Royal Highness The Duchess Of Kent

Unveiled This Plaque To Commemorate The Liberation

 

 

 

Unveiled by the Bailiff of Jersey, Sir William Bailhache on Friday 9th November 2018

The "Heart" of the Jersey Memorial Stone Guillemont

The Jersey Contingent assembled in this Royal Square on 2nd March 1913 before deserting their island to fight in the Great War

Like thousands of islanders who answered their nation's call between 1914 and 1918 they served with distinction and at enormous cost

This stone is the heart of a large standing stone at Guillemont, France where in September 1916 at the Battle of the Somme the Jersey Contingent suffered its heaviest losses

From there to hear, from then to now, it represents an unshakeable bond between grateful island and proudly remembered islanders

Quis separabit - who will seperate us?

 

 

 

Until 1926 Piquet House was used as a

Military Police Station

 

In 1995 the adjoining premises were acquired

by the States of Jersey for the purpose of

establishing a police station in the town centre

 

On 17th October 1996 the Town Police Station

was officially opened by Deputy M.A. Wavell

President of the Defence Commitee

 

R.H. Le Breton

Chief Officer of Police