FORT GEORGE MILITARY CEMETERY
St. Peter Port
Guernsey
Location Information
Fort George is a fortress on the east coast of Guernsey in the southern vicinity of St. Peter Port. GPS Co-ordinates: N 49. 26. 532 W 002. 32. 147. The military cemetery is to the south of Fort George.
History Information
The cemetery is War Department property and contains war graves of both world wars. After the 1914-1918 War, a Cross of Sacrifice and a memorial plaque were erected here in honour of all members of His Majesty's Forces buried in Guernsey, Alderney and Sark. These now serve to commemorate also those 1939-1945 War casualties who are buried on these islands. The Cross of Sacrifice is inscribed "Their glory shall not be blotted out"; on the memorial plaque are these words:- "The Cross of Sacrifice is erected to the honoured memory of those members of His Majesty's Forces who gave their lives during the wars of 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 and are buried in the islands of Guernsey, Alderney and Sark"
There are 23 World War One Burials (UK) and 113 World War Two Burials (111 German, 1 Canadian and 1 UK)
Pictures © Nicholas Philpot except B & W from Ramsey, WG, The War in the Channel Islands; B & W with standing figure, from Nettles, J: Jewels & Jackboots.
Fort George is a fortress on the east coast of Guernsey in the southern vicinity of St. Peter Port. GPS Co-ordinates: N 49. 26. 532 W 002. 32. 147. The military cemetery is to the south of Fort George.
History Information
The cemetery is War Department property and contains war graves of both world wars. After the 1914-1918 War, a Cross of Sacrifice and a memorial plaque were erected here in honour of all members of His Majesty's Forces buried in Guernsey, Alderney and Sark. These now serve to commemorate also those 1939-1945 War casualties who are buried on these islands. The Cross of Sacrifice is inscribed "Their glory shall not be blotted out"; on the memorial plaque are these words:- "The Cross of Sacrifice is erected to the honoured memory of those members of His Majesty's Forces who gave their lives during the wars of 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 and are buried in the islands of Guernsey, Alderney and Sark"
There are 23 World War One Burials (UK) and 113 World War Two Burials (111 German, 1 Canadian and 1 UK)
Pictures © Nicholas Philpot except B & W from Ramsey, WG, The War in the Channel Islands; B & W with standing figure, from Nettles, J: Jewels & Jackboots.
