Life in Jersey during the Great War

Life in Jersey during the Great War

General Sir Alexander Rochford, Lieut-Governor of Jersey from the outbreak of the war until 1916. He had a major influence over life in the island during that time

This series of articles on various aspects of life in Jersey during the 1914-1918 war is based on newspaper reports and archived documents. We acknowledge the valuable resource of a weekly series of articles by historian Ian Ronayne which was published on the Jersey Heritage website from 2014 to 2018 to mark the centenary of the conflict

World War 1 and life in Jersey

Our articles are based on newspaper reports, such as this one of the States debate on conscription ...

• Prelude to war
• The Lieut-Governor's role
• Island life
• Aliens
• Jersey Contingent
• Conscription
• DORA
• Finances
• Fund raising
• Prices
• Prisoner of War camp

... and archived documents, such as this letter from the Home Office requiring the establishment of a Food Control Committee in the island

More archived documents of official communication during the war

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