Ambrose Sherwill

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Sir Ambrose Sherwill
Born 12 February, 1890
Guernsey, Channel Islands
Died 1968
Alderney, Channel Islands

Sir Ambrose James Sherwill KBE MC (1890-1968) was a Bailiff of Guernsey. He served in World War I during which he was awarded the Military Cross (MC). During World War II, he was President of the Controlling Committee during the German Occupation of the Channel Islands, was deported to Cherche-Midi prison, Paris and subsequently to Laufen Internment Camp in Germany for his part in the Nicolle and Symes affair. He returned to Guernsey after the War, and served as Bailiff between 1946 and 1959. He was knighted in 1949. In 1960, he retired to Alderney, where he died in 1968.

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  • Marr, J, Guernsey People, Phillimore, 1984
  • Sherwill, A, A Fair and Honest Book - the Memoirs of Sir Ambrose Sherwill, Stephen Devonald, 2006
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