Writing's on the wall for occupying forces

The Type 101v personnel bunker at Noirmont Point was closed in either 1948 or 1949 and has remained undisturbed ever since. But on Sunday afternoon it once again saw daylight as members of the Channel Islands Occupation Society broke in following a two-month excavation project.

Inside, the members found that the building was completely intact. They found red lino on the floor, bunk hooks on the wall, a ventilation pipe still intact as well as a few German coins.

But the most fascinating find was that of German writing on the wall which roughly translated into ‘he who loves his people proves it alone with the sacrifices he is willing to make.’