29th February 1964
Second World War bomb detonated
Construction workers at Fort George uncovered a bomb on their site, left over from the Second World War. All work stopped until RAF bomb disposal experts arrived from the mainland.
They diffused the weapon in place and took it off site for disposal. They detonated it in a controlled explosion so that it would not be a danger to anyone, and construction work could resume.
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Other events that occured in February
Release of Reverend Harry Samuel
- The priest who was imprisoned for marrying an uncle and his niece was released after intervention from the Home Secretary.
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Murder inquiry ends with suicide
- A murderer who fled from Scotland after killing his father and one other with arsenic committed suicide when cornered on Guernsey
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Guernsey’s first banker dies
- The bank set up by Thomas Priaulx can be traced through to Nat West and the Royal Bank of Scotland today.
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Birth of Generaloberst Friedrich Dollmann
- Friedrich Dollmann was a high-ranking officer in the German army, after whom Guernsey's Batterie Dollmann was named.
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