[12] St. Clement "Liberation"

Having endured 1,773 days of Occupation by German forces Jersey is finally liberated by British Troops of Task Force 135 on 9 May 1945.

At 3.00 pm on 8 May a crowd gathers at the Royal Square to hear a broadcast in which the British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, states rather prematurely, "...and our dear Channel Islands are also to be freed today." On the morning of 9 May, the Bailiff, Alexander Coutanche, the Attorney General, CW Duret-Aubin, and the Solicitor General, CS Harrison, accompany Generalmajor Wulf, the Island Kommandant, and his party on the launch to HMS Beagle. Just after mid-day Brigadier AE Snow receives the formal surrender of the German garrison on Jersey. The first British troops of Task Force 135 are led ashore in the early afternoon by Lieutenant Colonel Robinson of the Royal Artillery and Captain Hugh Le Brocq, who had left the island in 1940 with the Royal Jersey Militia. HQ is set up in the Pomme d'Or Hotel. On sunday 13 May, the first of over 11,000 German prisoners of war are shipped out of prison camps in England from the beach of St.Aubin's Bay. The lasting memory for many Islanders such as the Family is being part of the jubilant crowd outside the Pomme d'Or Hotel listening to Lieutenant Colonel Robinson.

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1. Trinity

2. Grouville

3. St.Helier

4. St.Peter

5. St.Saviour

6. St.Lawrence

7. St.Ouen

8. St.Brelade

9. St.Mary

10. St.John

11. St.Martin

12. St.Clement