In France the islanders were paying a bitter price for holding the line alone in hand-to-hand combat. At home, just before Christmas, the telegrams started to arrive. Who were the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry that earnt the title “Guernsey’ Finest Hour”? Walk in their footsteps. Learn the impact of the only French speaking British Army Regiment who stopped the largest German attack of the Great War. Discover the stories behind a Victoria Cross and multiple other honours won

Wednesday 16th September @ 7.30 pm sees the story of the RGLI being told at St Peter's Church, St Piere Du Bois. The team will also speak about the latest progress in saving the history of the Regiment in France. All are welcome to this open invitation courtesy of the Parish to listen to the history of Guernsey's own Regiment that inspired the Guernsey Press calling their efforts "Guernsey's Finest Hour'. For further information you can call the rgli on 251683 or chris@rgli.

RGLI Memorial @ St Peter Port Sunken Garden Guernsey's Museum Service has assisted the RGLI in obtaining permission for twin flagpoles to be erected at the RGLI Memorial in St Peter Port's Sunken (St Paul's) Garden. This will match the sister memorial to the RGLI Memorial at Rue Verte in Masnieres where the Regiment held the line between 30 November and 2 December 1917. "We have had the aspiration of replicating the memorial site in France with ours here in St Peter Port for

This year's response to the Regimental Dinner has been wonderful. It will take place on Friday 11th September at the Farmhouse Hotel in Guernsey, and is the largest venue so far to host the event. The additional room has seen the largest attendance yet with only a handful of tickets left. "We have had the largest number of people sign up for our major fundraiser of the year, with some coming from the UK and as far away as Australia!'" said Martin Proudlove, the event organise

This year’s historic Royal Guernsey Light Infantry Regimental Dinner will take place on Friday 11th September at The Farmhouse Hotel, St Saviour. Once again, we will honour the men, families, and legacy of the Regiment in their traditional style. We are very pleased to enclose details here of this, our main fundraiser of the year. Regimental Silver This venue gives us, for the first time, the opportunity to display a much wider range of the traditional RGLI Regimental Sil

Just two days left and once more we are off to Masnieres with the RGLI Student Exchange, but what a difference this year will be, Two Coaches and Two schools, our largest Group. They will be with Nick Le Huray well known local author who has been invited to open the schools translation project using his newly released book 'Tides of Defiance'. On Tuesday we will at last exchange on 16 Rue Verte putting this historic building back in to Guernsey hands and ready for the develo

Within twenty four hours of the launch at Government House, through the generosity of several key benefactors and the response from a wide range of the community, the RGLI have raised over £100,000 in pledges and donations which provides 20% of the overall costs needed to complete Number 16 Rue Verte and transform this to a cultural, education and accommodation centre. "I speak for all of us in the RGLI to express our gratitude and delight at the level of resonse from our com

On Tuesday 31st March His Excellency Sir Richard Cripwell hosted a reception at Guernsey's Government House to launch the purchase and restoration of Number 16 Rue Verte, the building in which so many men sheltered, fought and suffered in late November 1917, stopping the largest German advance of the war, and at terrible cost. Guernsey' Lt Governor Sir Richard Cripwell addressing the Reception at Government House The RGLI have agreed the purchase terms with the current owner

The launch of the RGLI Association answers the request that so many people have made of us over the last year. 'How can we Join the RGLI?'. Well, we have answered that and now that is possible. An RGLI Solider standing in a roadway near La Rue Verte with the son of the local Farrier The RGLI became an LBG in March 2026, giving us the chance to offer Membership throughout the community. Members will receive their own unique numbered membership card, exclusive silver Regimental

The RGLI are pleased to announce the newly remade RGLI Colour is now completed in the traditional fashion and material and have arrived to their new home in Guernsey. At 11am on Saturday 29th November the RGLI will host a dedicated Service of Blessing & Commemoration at the Town Church (the Regimental Chapel). The historic event will be led by the Dean of Guernsey, The Very Reverend Tim Barker, in which the newly blessed replicated Regimental Colour will be then be received b

Thank you to everyone who attended this special event we are so pleased to tell you just how popular the restoration of this iconic historic gathering became. This year we had nearly 100 people attend the event and raised nearly £3,000 for the RGLI Trust, an incredible achievement only beaten by the fact we had a waiting list too. If you didn't make it we are certainly looking forward to seieng you next year when we repeat this popular event. Set in the historic surroundings

For the first time in nearly One Hundred Years the RGLI are please to deploy the Regiment's Silverware from it's normal museum home. On...

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First broadcast on 23rd November 2017 on BBC Radio, only days before the hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Les Rue Verte - which the...

As part of the annual commitment between the two communities St Peter Port and RGLI representatives attended Masnieres in early June this...

Thanks to all who came to speak and help us at theis year's Association of Guernsey Charities annual fete in the grounds of government...

This year's memorial ride arrived at Masniers on Monday 27th May and took the oportunity to meet french exchange students at their...

Students from Masnieres outside masin Victor Hugo in Hauteville by kind arrangement of Mdme O Blanchette We are delighted that with the...