Guernsey Walker
Anniversary of Liberation Day Celebrations
Guernsey WalkerAnniversary of Liberation Day Celebrations
On 9th May 1945 (the day after VE Day) Guernsey and the other Channel Islands were liberated from just short of five years of Nazi occupation.
The anniversaries of liberation day in the years following the end of WWII were celebrated fervently by those for whom the occupation was a recent memory. As the years passed into the sixties, seventies and eighties, the annual celebrations became more muted. In recent years the annual liberation celebrations have been substantially revived, albeit having a rather different character now, since the vast majority of twenty-first century participants are of course too young to remember the occupation.
The morning parade in 2011 was especially well attended by islanders This was the last occasion when 201 Squadron, RAF Kinloss, affiliated with Guernsey since the 1930's, would march in the celebrations, before the Squadron is disbanded later in 2011. It was also the first occasion when Guernsey's new Lieutenant Governor, Air Marshall Peter Walker attended, and the last when the present Bailiff, Sir Geoffrey Rowland, would attend in his official capacity since he retires in 2012.
There are some images here of the morning parade held this year (2011) followed by some of the parade and cavalcade in 2010.
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