4th September 1940
Journalist George William de Carteret dies
George William de Carteret was both secretary of the Jersey Farmers’ Union, and a prolific journalist. Much of his work was published in the Norman language in Les Chroniques de Jersey under the name Le Caouain (or, the owl). The character that he created for himself, which he used when reporting on local politics, supposedly lived above the newspaper printworks with his wife, Marie Hibou (hibou being French for owl).
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Other events that occured in September
Medals for a brave lifeboat crew
- A Jersey lifeboat crew was awarded medals for bravery after they rescued the crew of a yacht trapped in rocks.
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The Times editor dies in a Jersey nursing home
- Sir William Haley was born in Jersey on 24 May 1901, educated at Victoria College, and died in the island in 1987.
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Site for Springfield Stadium is selected
- The site on which the 960-capacity Springfield Stadium now sits was owned by the Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society.
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Local priests campaign to declare a man insane
- Local priests campaigned for a Jersey man to be declared insane so that he would not be executed for killing his wife.
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