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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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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Jersey Airport opens for business
- Jersey Airport opened for business in March 1937 and received rave review for its ingeniously arranged buildings.
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States of Jersey authorises construction of the Eastern Railway
- Jersey's Eastern Railway was build in stages after its construction was authorised by the States in March 1871.
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Newspapers demand corporal punishment
- Newspapers demanded that a French labourer to be given corporal punishment for attacking a woman and leaving her for dead in St Martin.
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