men, women and children from Jersey

group and evacuees

Aged unknown

Commemorated on 1 plaque

This plaque commemorates the arrival in Weymouth of the men, women and children from Jersey who set out from St Helier harbour, separated by war from their island home, before the start of the occupation of the Channel Islands 30th June 1940 to 9th May 1945. Unveiled by Mrs Jean McLaughlin, founder and chairman of the Jersey Evacuees Association; Mr Simon Crowcroft, Connétable de St Helier; and the Worshipful the mayor of Weymouth & Portland, Councillor Margaret Leicester, 9th November, 2012.

Weymouth Pavilion, The Esplanade, Weymouth, United Kingdom where it landed