Comments by "51WCDodge" (@51WCDodge) on "1781 Battle of Jersey" video.

  1. No, historically , Britian belongs to us. We were part of the Duchy of Normandy, not France, that wa sa totally diffrent country. When William our Duke took the English Crown, he and subsequent Monarchs kept the title Duke of Normandie, the oldest title. In 1284 Norman processions in Europe returned to the French Crown. The Islands were asked if they wished to stay with the Dukedom. They did and were granted the use of the Royal Cipher, and a Mace. So the three Lions of England, the top two speack Jerriais, the old Norman tounge, from the Normandy Crest of two, the third speacks French, being adapoted in to the arms of Henry Duke of Anjou and Normandy when he married Elanor of Aquitaine, as was custom at the time, whose coat of arms was single lion. Though the design has changed over the years and in Jersey they are often reffered to as Three Leopards.
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  2.  @ronaldbharvey  We have never been part of England, England is part of us.
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  3. The picture was painted by an American John Singelton Copley. A copy is the States Building on the Royal Square, opposite the Peirson pub, in St Helier. The black guy shooting over Peirson's body was his man servant , named Pompey, who killed the Frenchman who shot Peirson. The group of women and children in the bottom right are siad to be Peirson's wife and children with thier maid servant. The Peirson pub has a section of oak beam that supposedly is riddiled with musket shot from the battle.
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  4.  @billy123174  Jersey has never been part of the EU., the other lot were. If you had a Jersey marked passport, unles syour parents of grandparents were English , you never were an EU citizen or could claim EU rights. By the way if you vist Normandy, and I'd reccomend it, don't call a Norman, French, they don't like it.
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  5. To be exact, it is on the edge of St Aubin's bay. Walter Railigh wa sgovenor of the castle at one time.
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  6. Money must have quieted his concience. The black figure shooting over Peirsons body is his man servant Pompey, who killed the French marksman, the figures of women and children in the lower right are allegedly Pierson's Wife , children and maid servant.
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  7. If it wasn't for De Cartret, New Jersey would still be a lump of mud.
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  8. Ca va Mon V.
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  9. At one time there was alos an Alderney Breed.
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  10.  @markcantemail8018  A lot of Force 10 from Navarone was also fimed there.
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  11. Considering at both periods Britian was storing the French Gold Reserves , which they refused to spend, yes the Frogs did.
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  12. So the French, out to cause trouble, sent supplies to the Americas we loyal Crapaud's ( the name for those Jersey Bred) doing our Kings work , (And making a profit, historical tax men) attacked the French ships. Now the French, still upset that we stayed with the Norman Duchy, still the English Monarch's oldest title, wanted the Islands back so invaded. Got the crap kicked out of them, by The Royal Militia Island of Jersey, which is the oldest established organised British Military unit, with the help of some English men. The Lieutenat Governor, (The Monarchs Represenative, Jersy is a Self Governing Bailiwick, the Monarch is the Head of State, sowe aren't Governed) was brought to the ROYAL SQUARE. Surrender to the French! Na Ma Boy ! Pierson was killed, and it was a celebarted victory . So to commemerate this a picture was commisioned, Artist was John Singelton Copley, an American. Note : to the side is seen a black soldier/servant , Piersons' man named Pompey, who shot the man who shot Pierson and was lauded for the act. So the Britsh were allowing Black Men to serve in armed roles an hundred or so years before the Americans. The group in the bottom right of women with child are said to be Peirsons' wife child and maid.
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  13. From the Ice Age on ma boy! We are still causing trouble! Not bad for a bit of rock, 9 miles long by 5 wide. Gets a bit bigger when the tide goes out though.
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  14. The Island at High Water is 9 miles long by 5 miles wide. Gets a bit bigger when the tide goes out.
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  15. OY!! We wern't Pirates! We were loyal subjects of our Duke (The English Monarchys oldest title is still Duke of Normandy) fighting for his cause! (Though making a profit as well)
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  16. Battries from Alderney the Northern most Island, and the only German Concentration camp on British soil, shelled Cherbourg. As a result HMS Rodney was ent to shell the battieries, the only time a Royal Navy Warship has fired in anger on the United Kingdom.
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  17. There still sulking. Now the war is over fish.
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  18. To the NORTH of Jersey , they are there to keep the wind off us. Dp you know the bunch of traitors supported Cromwell?
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  19. It was not a British attitude it was the attitude of a Bolshie bunch of Crapud's ( Jersey bred people) clinging to a Rock constantly hassled by those across the water!, Britsh and French, and the attitude hasn't changed.
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  20. Also some parts of Force 10 From Navarone were filmed there. The Islands at War series was complete rubbish and raised the hackles of a lot of the Islanders who lived through the Occupation.
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  21. Yes it was, by a memeber of the De Cartret family, a Norman Family based in Jersey.
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  22.  @TheHistoryGuyChannel  There is an uncovered wooden beam on the side of the Pierson, allgedly still pockmarked with musket balls from the battle. And please note : The picture the Death of Pierson wa spainted by an American Artist John Singelton Copley. Futher detail in my other post. Keep up the good work!
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  23.  @wfp9378  As long as it's Mary Ann! None of your Randall's dishwater.
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  24.  @TheHistoryGuyChannel  This is another bit of Jesrsey's history might intrest you. How many know of it? https://europeremembers.com/destination/memorial-to-us-motor-torpedo-squadron-34/
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  25. And the Channel Island's own Britiain! The Monarch is Duke or Duchess of Normandie , first! The England , Scotl;and and Wales bit comes way later.
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  26. You mean with Cavalary?
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  27. The main part of the force was the Island of Jesrsey Militia later the Royal Militia Island of Jersey. First organised in the 13th Century, to defend the Island's against the French. Thay ar ethe oldest organised Britsh military force. You may think conscription was not used inEngland till the two world wars, wrong! servic ein th Militia was compulsory from it's exception. It is not the Senior force as it was disbande during the 1960's though now there is a Feild Squadron Royal Enginners Island of Jersey as part of the British Army Reserve, formely the Territorail Army.
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  28. Or in the case of Jersey , still are. Fishing rights at the moment.
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  29. yes, also intresting that Britsh forces allowed Black men to carry arms in combat, a hundred or so years before the Americans
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  30. the family wer eoriginally fron Normandy, they are still represented in the Island as the Sengieurs of St Quen's Manor
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  31. It was painted by an American. John Singelto Copley. The black man shooting over Pierson is his man servant Pompey who killed the man who shot Pierson. The group of women and children in the bottonm right are allegedly Pierson's wife, children and maid servant.
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  32. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXQdDmD9AcA
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  33. Monmouth was originally a county on the Welsh English border, with a very hazy alligence. At one time the joke was England Wales , Scotland and Monmouth.
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  34. Being a Ham Operator, I'll bet he was recuited to Y Service, the service that intercepted the radio messages from the Axis that were sent to Bletchley for breacking. The secrecy about the Service is still in place. They worked out a lot of the methods still used today. They also served in Europe after D-Day,
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  35.  @jamesgalbreath343  Yes, he was in Y Service. Why would you send Radar Operators beyond Enemy lines? The reason I know is a friend of mine had for many years a 1939 Bedford QL Radio Truck. He's a HAM operator to. He got the truck, which had been modified in 1957 as an Office Body , for the Army Pay. Corp because he wanted a Radio Truck. This was in the 1980's. At one event an elderly gent, got into the back and statrted talikng to Phil, he aske dsome detailed questions about the vehicle and Phil's skill with radios. He then said 'You know this truck shouldn't exist?' He went on to explain he had noticed various small details about the vehicle and that had been a Mobile Y Service interceptor vehiles with 30th corps. Due to ill health and age the truck has ben sold and I have lost track of it. I'm not suprosed Mr Davis never mentioned it , it was on the same sort of classification as the Atomic Bomb. I had an encounter with a Lady in a wheelchair at one event she was in her late 80's. Somethings she mentioned made me ask 'Do you know The Grove?' A RAF listening post outside Cairo in WW2. She looked totally embarreaed and said 'I'm not supposed to talk about that'. Her Daughter who was with her hadn't got a clue what we were talikng about. It's finally coming out so you will find out on line. There is also the Golden Arrow group, microwave comms, and WS10, the first 'Mobile Phone' network all involved or off shoots of Y Service, also look up 'Special Liason Groups' thia was how Ultra information from Bletchley got to the front lines. If he had worked Y Service in Britian, he wa san obvious choice for the US SLG.
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  36. Ah Ma Boy! If you don Laike it, you know where the Mail Boat is 'A
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  37. Bettween the Islands and France you have the Race of Alderney, leading down to the Baie De Sant Malo. Turn West and you have three thousand odd miles of Atlantic and landfall on the East Coast of America. They are still waters you treat with the Utmost Respect.
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  38. The Islands sit in the Atlantic, go West you have thre thousand od miles to the East Coast of America. Bettween the Islands and the Coetin Pennisula is the Race of Alderney, this leads down to the Baie De St Malo. You treat these waters with a great deal of respect.
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  39. We wern't Pirates! We were and are loyal subjects of our Duke or Duchess, who also has the part time job of King or Queen of England, fighting for our Lord's intrests , for fun and profit of course.
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  40. We were defending our Dukes intrests! (For fun and profit)
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  41. We wernt Pirates! We were loyal subjects defending the intrests of our Duke (For fun and profit)
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  42. That's to keep us Jersey Crapaud's out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXQdDmD9AcA
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  43. To which I take grave exception! We were not Pirates! We were and are loyal subjects of our Duke, who also goes by the title of King or Queen of England, fighting for the intrests of our Lord (For fun and profit of course)
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  44. Just as long as the English rememr who owns them. Ca Va Mon V!
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  45. Stricly speacking the Flaklands are a protectarte , the Channel Islands are fully fledged Bailiwicks, able to raise thier own taxation and pass laws, an as an aside own the rest of the United Kingdom. The Lieutenat Governor is the Representative of the Monarch , the Head of State in Jersey is the Bailliff. In the Sates Chamber , which has it's own Mace like Westminster and the grant of Royal Seal the LG sits below the Bailliff. The Reigning Monarch is supreme.
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  46. Led by a loony Irishman and scared off by a group of Welsh Women? Did about as well as the French then. :-)
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  47.  @joescummer150  The Island's were declared Open, wether this was before or afte rthe Luftwaffe bombing raids is still abone of contention. Another little known epsiode of history is the 'Second Dunkirk' carried out by ships from the Island's to St Malo
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  48. We Wern't Pirates. We were loyal subjects of our Duke,( he was also King of England, but that was only his part time job. ) Defending his intrests , for fun and profit of course.
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  49. Especially if your Jersey bred.
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  50.  @jeffmcface5848  Godforsaken place, has always given me the horror's . Went in once as a kid , (itwas 6d entrance) never again!
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