Retired 'Small Scale Scene' columnist in Military Modelling Magazine of 31 years: Now Editor of Tankette for MAFVA: Volunteer at Museum of Berkshire Aviation.
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📸Now this is a very significant image from the Liberation of Jersey. 📍May 9 1945.
First quay "side step a shore" of Force 135🪖first group in Jerseys capital St Helier harbour.
After 5 years of Occupation - Unification again or Reunion!⚓🇬🇧
📌From Occupation to Liberation — helping preserve & share the stories of the British Channel Islands.
British Channel Islands WWII Remembrance Campaign as we honour the courage, sacrifice & resilience of those who lived through the occupation and liberation. #WW2
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Photograph taken on the 28th May, 1945 at the Hoisting of the Flag Ceremony, Maître Ile, the Minquiers, and belonged to Brigadier Snow.
This is significant as it confirms the final stages of the liberation of the British Isles at Les Minquiers on 28 May - 81st Anniversary
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📍As Brigadier Snow was leaving the grounds of Elizabeth College following the reading of the Proclamation he caught sight of two disabled Guernseymen both proudly wearing medals which had been gained in the WWI of 1914–18 Snow head of Liberation Force 135. New Military Governor.