. Tlio. last .'of the Chatmek Islands garrisons was evacuated ,111 -November,’ when ■ the 2nd Battalion the Queen's Own (Royal M.cst Emit) Regiment was withdrawn from Oueinsey. Except during the .Spanish wai in tho eighteenth century there J ias been • a garrison- on the island since 1203, The onlv defence there now is, a local , militia of 300 men. TV hen the battalion embarked in the steamship Vera'it took awav from the island f»l wivv.s, including several Guernsey brnles. and 56 .chihlrcr The Royal Guernsey' Militia/ ; huuU. marched: witlr the 1 tic,ops from- r ort George to 'the' docks. The garrison j at Jersey was withdrawn some time I u°-o, wvliflji the ■ 2nd( 'Battalion the . East Surrey Regiment were removed.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11452, 28 February 1931, Page 9
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