7th November 1911
Ralph Vibert is born
Ralph Vibert was Jersey’s solicitor general from 1948 until 1955 and, for two years from 1957, a deputy representing St Brelade. In 1959 he was elected a senator and remained in post until his retirement in 1987. He spent the Second World War as a cypher instructor in the New Forest before instructing Special Operations Executive recruits in India. He died on 10 November 2008, aged 97.
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Other events that occured in November
Jersey-set film Danger Route opens
- Danger Route told the story of a Second World War plot to knock off British scientists, masterminded in Jersey.
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Dispute breaks out over ownership of a road
- Mademoiselle de Carteret claimed ownership of a street running off it at the Royal Court, along with her private right to use it.
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Contact 94 goes off the air
- Radio station Contact 94 broadcast from France but went off the air when the chance to apply for a licence in the Channel Islands came up.
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Admiral Thomas Gosselin dies in Jersey
- Admiral Thomas Le Marchant Gosselin was born in 1765 and died in Jersey on 27 November 1857 after an impressive career in the navy.
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