13th September 1949
Medals for a brave lifeboat crew
After a fruitless eight-hour search for a downed French military aircraft, the crew of the Jersey lifeboat was heading back to shore when it received a call from a stranded yacht. The Maurice Georges was trapped in the rocks of Demie De Pas, south of St Helier, with a crew of four aboard.
Despite already having been out for so long, the lifeboat motored to her aid and, at considerable risk to themselves, coxswain Thomas King and his crew rescued the stranded sailors and brought them safely back to shore.
King was awarded a gold medal and the rest of his crew received bronze medals for their service.
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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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Girl dies of neglect at a Jersey hospital
- When illegitimate Eva Downton died at Jersey General Hospital, her mother was charged with four years of neglect leading to infanticide.
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Jersey Airways suffers fourth mishap in 11 days
- Jersey Airways suffered its fourth accident in eleven days during an attempted take-off in September 1934.
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King killer Gilbert Millington dies at Mont Orgueil
- MP Gilbert Millington's signature was one of the close-to 60 names that appeared on the death warrant for King Charles I.
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