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Ours: The Jersey Pals in the First World War - About the Book
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Ours: The Jersey Pals in the First World War - The History
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The Jersey Contingent: a brief history. A Contingent is Raised. Allied victories on the Continent and the emergence of trench warfare. The new Jersey Company was attached to the 7th Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles, one of those battalions raised in. Trench Warfare at Loos. The Battle of the Somme. While the Jersey Company served at Loos, further south in France a massive combined British and French offensive. The End With the Royal Irish Rifles. The Final Year of Fighting.
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Ours: The Jersey Pals in the First World War - The Locations
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Locations of the Jersey Company. The village of Houchin, scene of the first camp for the Jersey Company in France. The Marie at Loos. Nearby this former mining town the volunteers went into the trenches for the first time. The battlefield of Loos today. The Jersey Company served here between January and August 1916. The graves of Riflemen Mallet and West lying side-by-side in Bois Carre Cemetery. The cemetery in Vermelles where Captain Johnson is buried. Approach to the village of Moeuvres, fought over b...
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Jersey War Talks - Latest News
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Latest news from Jersey War Talks:. The next Jersey War Talks courses will take place in the summer term between April and July 2013. Channel Islands Occupation Society. Channel Islands Great War Study Group.
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Jersey War Talks - The Courses
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What are Jersey War Talks? Each Jersey War Talks course focuses on a major conflict of the last 250 years, and the impact on Jersey and its people. They are classroom based learning experiences, each lasting three weeks. For detailed information on each course, click the buttons on the left of this page. Where do they take place? The courses are offered as part of the Highlands College Adult Education programme and take place at the college. What do they cost? Each course typically costs £40. Courses run...
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Jersey War Talks - The Courses
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The First World War has passed into collective memory as one of the most terrible and tragic ever fought. From its four long years emerged the horrors of trench warfare, barbed wire and poison gas, and the heroic sacrifice of a generation. The pre-war world, the Jersey Militia, the outbreak of war and its opening battles, soldiers and armies, the emergence of trench warfare, the Gallipoli Campaign, the battles of 1915, the home front. The widening war, The battle of Verdun, naval warfare, The Battle of t...
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Jersey War Talks - About the Tutor
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Ian Ronayne is a leading local author and historian who specialises in Jersey’s military history and fortifications. He is qualified lecturer in adult education and teaches management qualifications in addition to the Jersey War Walks’ courses. Outside of the classroom, Ian leads guided walks focused on local military history (visit Jersey War Walks. Ian is also a published author, with three books to his name. Jersey War Walk s. Channel Islands Occupation Society. Channel Islands Great War Study Group.
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Jersey War Talks - The Courses
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The French Revolution in 1789 set in motion some of the greatest upheavals and events ever seen in European history. From the chaos, emerged Napoleon Bonaparte and his Grande Armée. Together they conquered most of Europe in a series of extraordinary campaigns and battles, before meeting a decisive end at Waterloo in 1815. In this short course, you will learn about the meteoric rise and spectacular fall of the French Emperor, and consider the impact of his forces and policies on Jersey.
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Jersey War Talks - The Courses
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The Second World War was to have a profound and lasting impact on Jersey with the occupation from 1940 to 1945 one of the Island’s darkest periods. Yet while the people of Jersey faced up to their challenges, from Europe to the Pacific, conflict engulfed the world on an unimaginable scale and with an outcome that would ultimately decide the fate of the Island. Channel Islands Occupation Society. Channel Islands Great War Study Group.