Guernsey this week: Martyrs, wrecks, and island links
From persecution and royal ceremony to salvage work and island communications.
On this day in Guernsey
A weekly digest of unusual, important, and interesting events that happened in Guernsey's history.
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Guernsey this week: medals, memory, and resistance
From medals and museums to wartime raids and protest, this week’s Guernsey history shows an island shaped by resilience, pride, and change.
Guernsey this week: Trade, wartime drama and island life
From wartime loss and island resilience to maritime trade and aviation milestones
Guernsey this week: Identity and island resilience
A week in Guernsey history shaped by survival, loyalty, and reinvention.
Guernsey this week: Hauteville House opens, the islands demilitarised, Colorado beetles land and a fatal fire
Victor Hugo's home, demilitarisation, beetle invasion, telephone wars and a guest house fire
Guernsey this week: Islands, railways, radios and royal visits
Jethou for sale
Guernsey this week: Occupation stories, arrests and underground news
First arrests at Guernsey Airport
Guernsey This Week: defence, hotels, schools and the police
Guernsey stories that made the news this week in years gone by
Occupation, water, words and art
Four stories from the island's past
Guernsey This Week: Liberation, Lottery and Lightning-Rod Politics
The island's liberation, a millionaire's unusual giveaway, a sand racing tragedy and a public phone war