The entire civil population of Jersey was required by the German authorities to register under the Registration and Identification of Persons (Jersey) Order, 1940. The archive has over 31,000 registration cards of those individuals who lived in Jersey during the German Occupation. Each registration card has personal details such as name, address, date and place of birth, maiden name and occupation. The cards also include a passport sized photograph. Any children under the age of 14 were recorded on the back of their father’s card.

People in story: Maurice Edwarde Green

Location of story: Jersey Channel Islands

Background to story: Civilian

Maurice Edwarde Green was only 12 years old when the German planes flew over. He was a diabetic on insulin from early at birth. Everyone in Jersey thought the war would be over in six to twelve months. Maurice had just over one year’s supply of insulin. Up until D day the diabetics survived on insulin imported by the Jersey States Department of Health. After that day insulin was a life saver. Diabetics were put into hospital. He ended up being the only diabetic to survive in the Channel Islands. Life was hard since there was no insulin at all. Later they were informed that the Red Cross ship ‘Vega’ would be arriving with food parcels and medicines. The ‘Vega’ arrived and his doctor took him to the docks but sadly he returned with the bad news of there being no insulin amongst the medical supplies on board. The second visit of the ‘Vega’ was different. His doctor took him down to the ship again and came back to inform him that there was insulin on board.

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