📌Through our Discovery: The British Channel Islands WWII Remembrance Campaign, we are committed to ensuring that Brigadier Alfred Snow receives his rightful place in British remembrance and is recognised for his service and contribution to history.
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📌We are delighted that Channel Islands Media are reporting our Discovery about one the most important men in British WW2 History
Brigadier Alfred Snow - Man tasked to deliver a British Liberation. ⬇️🇬🇧🇯🇪🇬🇬 #WW2#Liberation81
➡️Liberation mystery solved as WW2 commander’s resting place discovered.
Exclusive to British Channel Islands WWII Remembrance Campaign the research & Discovery. ⬇️
https://t.co/H56bKj1zk2
➡️Liberation mystery solved as WW2 commander’s resting place discovered.
Exclusive to British Channel Islands WWII Remembrance Campaign the research & Discovery. ⬇️
https://t.co/H56bKj1zk2
📌Exclusive Research
From Somerset to the Channel Islands —our exclusive research explores the story of the man who helped bring freedom & liberation in WW2. A forgotten chapter of history, remembered.
Liberation-Village he loved & His Resting place.Very Significant WW2 history.
🔴81 years on, the story of the Channel Islands Occupation & Liberation still matters.
The sacrifices, resilience, suffering, and joy of freedom should never be forgotten, diminished, or rewritten.
We remember those who endured. We remember those who liberated. 🇬🇬🇯🇪🇬🇧
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It was founded in the 11th century by Roger de Montgomery and has remained the seat of the Dukes of Norfolk for more than 850 years.
⚡What is particularly sad is that the commander of Force 135, the liberation force, Military Governor appointed by King George VI, now rests in a communal ashes grave. Brigadier Snow played a central role. Rememberance needs enhancing. Absolutely 👇
https://t.co/vCWsG3TJ9I
📌CAMPAIGNERS are hailing a breakthrough in establishing the final resting place of Brigadier Alfred Ernest Snow, the commander of Force 135, the British and Commonwealth force that liberated the Channel Islands in May 1945
GUERNSEY PRESS TODAY 👇
https://t.co/vCWsG3TJ9I
📽️Today, we honour the distinguished Commander of the Liberation Forces, whose leadership, courage, and unwavering commitment helped secure freedom in a time of great conflict. & Military Governor. With TODAYS discovery. With Sound.
📌Today, we honour the distinguished Commander of the Liberation Forces, whose leadership, courage, and unwavering commitment helped secure freedom in a time of great conflict. & Military Governor.
With TODAYS discovery.
📍BOMBING 🏴
Beginning of Channel Islands occupation.
Smoke drifts from burning vehicles shortly after a bombing raid on the White Rock in St Peter Port.The raid on the evening of 28th June 1940 resulted in 33 civilian dead. Parked tomato trucks were mistaken military vehicles.🏴
📍Statement.
Response to Bluesky post.
Remembrance matters deeply. Our statement is not a criticism of those being remembered or the wider Stolpersteine project, but a reflection on whether this form of memorialisation is appropriate in our local context.
@TimBarker10@CarrGilly
📌F I N A L A C T
We are marking the
81st Anniversary of the final act of the Channel Islands Liberation.
🇬🇧At full pace -
The Royal Army Corps vessel Tardenois heads for Les Minquiers .
#Liberation81 🪖⚓🇯🇪🇬🇬🇬🇧
📍Very significant image & moment in British WW2 history.