Jersey Heritage release new war-time archive documents

Jersey Heritage have released 150 never-before-seen archive documents to the public for the first time.

Every year private documents that reach a certain age are released to the public.

The files - between 75 and 100 years old - date back to the very moment Jersey was on the brink of Occupation.

Linda Romeril, Archives and Collections Director at Jersey Heritage said:

The archivists have already found some interesting stories, including an inquest book from the Viscount's department.

It gives some additional details into the events leading up to the Occupation of the Island in July 1940, and the number of people killed in air-raids.

Other documents of particular interest this year include copies of letters written by the Bailiff of Jersey during the first two years of the First World War.

William Henry Venables Vernon discusses the interesting balance between normal life and war in Jersey.

In one letter, the Bailiff writes about the visit of the HM Inspector of Schools.

He is concerned that the war is "detrimental to primary education".

The records are now open for the public to view at the Jersey Archive.