Commemorations of the departure of the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry for France on 1st June 1917.
Please remember that 164 of these men were transferred from ‘D’ Company, 6th Royal Irish Regiment - our Founders, although 42 others declined, and remained with the Royal Irish until February 1918 when the 6th Battalion was decommissioned. Thursday 1st June, 7 pm: Exact centenary of the embarkation of the 1st (Service) Battalion RGLI on SS […]