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Nicolas Blondel 1703-1775 Maitre horloger vecu ici a Rue de Cornets [full inscription unknown]
English translation: Nicolas Blondel 1703-1775 Master watchmaker living here at Rue de Cornets [AWS Translate]
Cornet Street, St. Peter Port, Guernsey
This plaque commemorates the evacuation of children and adults ahead of the occupation of the island by German Forces in June 1940. Four fifths of the children and altogether almost half the population of Guernsey were transported to England so that scarcely a family was undivided. A la perchoine.
?, St. Peter Port, Guernsey
"Hauteville Fairy" Première maison de Victor Hugo à Guernesey de 1855 à 1856 et demeure de Juliette Drouet à partir de 1864.
English translation: "Hauteville Fairy" First house of Victor Hugo in Guernsey from 1855 to 1856 and home of Juliette Drouet from 1864.
20 rue Hauteville, St. Peter Port, Guernsey
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Hauteville - House Maison d'exil de Victor Hugo 1856-1870 a été offerte à la ville de Paris par Jeanne Hugo et les enfants de Georges Hugo en MCMXXVII.
English translation: Hauteville House. Victor Hugo's House of Exile 1856-1870 was donated to the city of Paris by Jeanne Hugo and the children of Georges Hugo in MCMXXVII.
38 rue Hauteville, St. Peter Port, Guernsey
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This memorial is dedicated to the memory of all Islanders who committed acts of protest, defiance and resistance during the German Occupation 1940-1945, those who were imprisoned or deported and those who died in captivity. Charles Machon, Percy Miller, Marie Ozanne, Joseph Gillingham, Sidney Ashcroft, Louis Symes, John Ingrouille
St Julians Pier , St. Peter Port, Guernsey
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In the memory of Katherine Cawches, Guillemine Gilbert, Perotine Massey. All believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, who on, or about, 18th July 1556, and near this site, were cruelly burned to death at the stake for their Protestant faith. The latter named was pregnant at the time of martyrdom and gave birth to a son in the flames. The child was retrieved, but it was ordered that he be thrown back.
Tower Hill Steps, St. Peter Port, Guernsey
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The British Liberating forces landed on this slipway on the 9th May 1945 and this stone was unveiled by Her Royal Highness The Duchess Of Kent on the 9th May 1985 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Island's liberation.
, St. Peter Port, Guernsey
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Herbert Wallace Le Patourel and John Herbert Le Patourel (1909-?) [full inscription unknown]
Villa Magnol, Fosse André, St. Peter Port, Guernsey
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This stone was unveiled by HRH The Countess Of Wessex GCVO to mark the 70th anniversary of the Liberation Of Guernsey. 9th May 2015.
, St. Peter Port, Guernsey
Guernsey Underground News Service 1942 - 1944 originated here at The Star offices.
The Bordage, St. Peter Port, Guernsey