Guernsey Timeline 20th Century
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20th Century
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| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1901 | Accession of Edward VII. |
| 1902 | (Sir) Henry Alexander Giffard appointed Bailiff. |
| 1905 | Muratti Vase, inter-island football competition started. |
| 1908 | (Sir) William Carey appointed Bailiff. |
| 1914 | Last Witchcraft trial in Guernsey Outbreak of World War I. |
| 1915 | (Sir) Edward Chepmell Ozanne appointed Bailiff. |
| 17 December 1916 | Royal Guernsey Militia disbanded and Royal Guernsey Light Infantry formed to join British Expeditionary Force in France. |
| 20 Nov - 3 Dec 1917 | Royal Guernsey Light Infantry fights in Battle of Cambrai. |
| 10-14 April 1918 | Royal Guernsey Light Infantry fights in Battle of the Lys suffering many casualties. |
| 1918 | Seaplane used for same-day newspaper deliveries from England. |
| 1922 | Sir Havilland Walter de Sausmarez, bart., appointed Bailiff. Introduction of Income Tax (6d. in the pound). |
| 1923 | Supermarine Sea Eagle Flying Boat service begins from Southampton. |
| 1925 | Introduction of first Social Insurance Law. |
| 1928 | British Government withdraws funding for the Royal Guernsey Militia. Calcutta flying boat service established. |
| 1929 | Arthur William Bell appointed Bailiff. |
| 1935 | Victor Gosselin Carey (later knighted) appointed Bailiff. Val des Terres road completed. |
| 1939 | Opening of Guernsey Airport at La Villiaze, Forest. |
| 20-23 June 1940 | Evacuation of schoolchildren and other islanders. 17,000 leave. |
| 21 June 1940 | States of Deliberation set up the 'Controlling Committee of the States of Guernsey' of eight members heading different departments, led by its president Ambrose J. Sherwill. |
| 28 June 1940 | German air raids on Guernsey and Jersey (33 killed in Guernsey, 11 in Jersey). B.B.C. announces demilitarization of the Islands hours later on the 9 o’clock news. |
| 30 June 1940 | Start of German Occupation. Units of 216 Infantry Division fly in from Cherbourg. The following day Major Dr Albrecht Lanz arrives as Kommandant. |
| 2 July 1940 | Alderney occupied. |
| 4 July 1940 | Sark occupied. |
| 7 July 1940 | 2nd Lieut. Hubert Nicolle lands in Guernsey secretly to gather information on German forces. |
| 10 July 1940 | 2nd Lieuts. Philip Martel and Desmond Mulholland land in Guernsey. Nicolle picked up. |
| 15 July 1940 | British attempt to mount Commando raid on Guernsey fails. Martel and Mulholland stranded in Guernsey. |
| 28 July 1940 | Martel and Mulholland surrender to the Germans in uniform, and are taken as prisoners of war. |
| 1 August 1940 | Sherwill makes a speech which is broadcast on Radio Bremen, assuring evacuated Islanders that conditions are good in Guernsey. The speech is exploited by German propaganda. |
| 9 August 1940 | Initial period of occupation ends. Military government unit Feldkommandantur 515 arrives in Channel Islands under Colonel Schumacher. |
| 4 September 1940 | 2nd Lieuts. Hubert Nicolle and James Symes land in Guernsey secretly to gather information on German forces. They are stranded in Guernsey when their pickup boat failed to appear on 6 September. |
| 26 September 1940 | Colonel Rudolf Graf von Schmettow appointed military commander of the Channel Islands. |
| 30 December 1940 | Jurat Rev. John Leale elected President of the Controlling Committee of the States of Guernsey after Sherwill's dismissal by the German authorities. |
| 30 April 1941 | 319 Infantry Division officially takes over in the Islands. |
| 20 October 1941 | Hitler orders massive fortification programme in the Islands. Guernsey and Jersey to be 'impregnable fortresses'. Major influx of Organisation Todt construction engineers and labourers begins. |
| 25, 27 September 1942 | 2,000 non-native islanders deported to internment camps in Germany by German authorities. |
| 3-4 October 1942 | Operation Basalt. Twelve British commandos land on Sark and kill four German soldiers at the Dixcart Hotel. One German soldier is captured and abducted. |
| February 1943 | Ex-officers from World War I, Freemasons and other islanders deemed to be security risks deported to internment camps in Germany. |
| 1943 | Guernsey Society founded in London to improve representation of Guernsey interests to British Government. |
| 27 December 1944 | First visit of the Red Cross ship Vega to feed starving islanders. |
| 28 February 1945 | Vizeadmiral Friedrich Hüffmeier takes over command of the Islands from General Rudolf von Schmettow. |
| 9 May 1945 | End of German Occupation. |
| 1946 | Ambrose Sherwill (later knighted) appointed Bailiff. |
| 1947 | Completion of St. Saviour's reservoir. |
| 1948 | Major reform of States of Guernsey. |
| 1949 | Princess Elizabeth Hospital opened at Le Vauquiédor, St Andrews. |
| 1951 | Tomato Marketing Board established States decide against reviving the Royal Guernsey Militia. |
| 1954 | Préciput abolished. |
| 1957 | Visit of Queen Elizabeth II. |
| 1958 | Tektronix establishes European HQ and manufacturing facility in Guernsey. |
| 1959 | Formation of Investment Trust of Guernsey - birth of the Finance Industry. |
| 1960 | William Henry Arnold (later knighted) appointed Bailiff. |
| 1961 | Arrival of new mail boats, Sarnia and Caesarea. |
| 1962 | Channel Television wins ITV Franchise for the Channel Islands. |
| 1963 | The Beatles play at Candie Gardens on 8 August. |
| 1964 | Condor Hydrofoil starts inter-island and St. Malo services. The Rolling Stones play at the New Theatre Ballroom, 18-20 August. |
| 1965 | Social Security system established in Guernsey. |
| 1966 | Re-enactment of La Chevauchée de St Michel to celebrate the 900th anniversary of the Norman Conquest |
| 1967 | Fort George sold to a developer to become luxury housing estate. |
| 1968 | Aurigny Airways start inter-island services. |
| 1969 | Bailiwick becomes independent postal authority, Guernsey Post Office established and issues first Guernsey postage stamps |
| 1970 | Beaucette Marina opened. |
| 1971 | States of Guernsey agree terms for membership of the European Economic Community. |
| 1973 | John Henry Loveridge (later knighted) appointed Bailiff. |
| 1974 | Roll-on/ Roll-off terminal established in St Peter Port Harbour. |
| 1975 | Maritime Museum opened at Fort Grey. |
| 1976 | Beau Sejour Leisure Centre opened States vote to abolish congé. |
| 1977 | |
| 1978 | Guernsey Museum and Art Gallery opened at Candie Gardens. Visit of Queen Elizabeth II Guernsey cheese. launched |
| 1979 | British Airways end their flights to Guernsey. |
| 1980 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1982 | Charles Keith Frossard (later knighted) appointed Bailiff. BBC Radio Guernsey starts broadcasting. Gallo-Roman shipwreck (Asterix) discovered in mouth of St Peter Port Harbour. |
| 1983 | |
| 1984 | Work starts on raising the Asterix. |
| 1985 | New Guernsey Flag introduced. |
| 1986 | Sealink end all services to the Bailiwick. |
| 1987 | North Beach harbour scheme completed. |
| 1988 | |
| 1989 | New prison opened at Les Nicolles. |
| 1990 | Matthew Le Tissier wins Professional Footballers' Association Young Player of the Year. |
| 1992 | Graham Martyn Dorey (later knighted) appointed Bailiff. Island FM, the island's first commercial radio station, starts broadcasting. |
| 1994 | First island-wide elections of Conseillers. |
| 1999 | de Vic Graham Carey (later knighted) appointed Bailiff. |
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