In pictures: Guernsey Liberation Day celebrates 68 years of freedom
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Events to mark 68 years since Guernsey was liberated from German occupation during World War II started with two minutes silence signalled by an air raid siren. The first event in St Peter Port was a parade along the seafront.
Units from the Gurkhas and the Chelsea Pensioners took part in the traditional parade alongside veterans, cadets and representatives and standards from the island's armed forces groups, emergency services and youth groups.
The island's service of thanksgiving for liberation took place in the Town Church and was broadcast on a big screen with coverage by BBC Guernsey piped through loudspeakers across St Peter Port for the first time.
More than 30 restored vehicles from the Guernsey Military Vehicle Group took part in what was billed as a "mini-cavalcade" before parking up on the Albert Pier to allow the public to view the World War II vehicles ranging from jeeps to fuel tankers.
A service was held at Cobo to bless flags to fly on Grosse Rocque and the new flagpole at Le Guet.
Reverend Stephen Bailey (left) helped to raise the Castel parish flag. It was the first time a flag was raised on Le Guet on Liberation Day as the pole was built last year as a Jubilee project for the parish.
- Published7 May 2013
