Veterans · 26 April 2025

Peter Gorton Baker (1920–1989) was a distinguished British military officer and public servant, whose remarkable career spanned the battlefields of World War II and the civic halls of his native Jersey. Born in 1920 in Jersey, Channel Islands, Baker’s life was marked by courage, leadership, and a deep commitment to duty, both in war and peace. Early Life and Education Peter Baker was educated at Victoria College, a prestigious institution in Jersey, where he developed the discipline and...

Histoire · 23 August 2022

Early in September, 1943, the 21st Independent Parachute Company landed with 1st Airborne Division in Italy with the objective of capturing the port of Taranto and securing a perimeter around the port. We were taken by vessels of the Royal Navy from Bizerta in Tunisia - and were treated like royalty whilst on board the cruiser, HMS Aurora- to Taranto, where we met little opposition to our landing on 9th September. Unfortunately, however, HMS Abdiel, carrying the 6th Parachute Battalion and most...

Veterans · 03 August 2022

Michael COMPTON was born in HAMBURG, on May 07, 1921, under the birth name of David HOFFMANN. German of Jewish religion, they will quickly be under pressure from the Nazi regime, which grew up in Germany in the 1930s. His parents decide to leave Germany and go to England. These German Jews will be numerous to follow this same path, they are known in the United Kingdom under the nickname "ALIEN", which is the name of a parliamentary act created to control this mass Jewish immigration at the...