1st March 1945
Jersey’s occupation bailiff is knighted
Coincidentally, on the day Lingshaw was sentenced for his treachery, it was announced in the London Gazette that Alexander Coutanche, bailiff throughout the occupation, had been knighted in recognition of his service to the island.
Coutanche was again recognised in the 1961 Birthday Honours, when he was made a life peer and given the title Baron Coutanche of St Brelade in the Island of Jersey and of the City of Westminster.
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Jersey rewrites its inheritance laws
- Prior to 2010, Jersey women got a raw deal when their spouses died, being entitled in law to only a third of their husband’s estate.
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Foot and mouth arrives in Jersey
- When foot and mouth was detected in Jersey in 1981, it was the first time it had been found in the British Isles for more than a decade.
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Harriet Gilbert’s starvation death is finally acknowledged
- 14-year-old Harriet Gilbert was starved to death in prison in Jersey after being arrested for petty theft.
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Mystery man’s fatal fall at Fort Regent
- Mystery surrounded the death of John Edward Redden in 1899, who had died shortly after falling on steps at Fort Regent.
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