Replacement air raid siren to be placed in tower

A replacement air raid siren is set to be installed at the top of Guernsey's Victoria Tower on Sunday, the States of Guernsey has said.

It said the previous air raid siren, which is used to mark Liberation Day, had reached the "end of its working life" at the beginning of the month.

The States said the old siren would be removed and the new siren would be installed between 08:00 and 13:00 BST.

It said islanders should expect to hear both a "warning" and an "all clear" sounded from Victoria Tower at some point late on Sunday morning.

Victoria Tower was completed in 1848 to commemorate the visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to the island in 1846.

Sirens were first installed around the island as a warning system in 1937 and were used during World War Two and the Occupation to warn of air raids and in recent years have been used "for commemorative purposes" including Liberation Day.

Thirty-four people were killed and 33 were injured when German planes bombed tomato trucks lined up at St Peter Port Harbour on 28 June 1940.

Two days later German soldiers landed at Guernsey Airport - heralding the start of the German Occupation of the island, which lasted for five years.

Allied air forces targeted military installations during the Occupation - such as the radar installation at Fort George ahead of D-Day on 6 June 1944.

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