Le centenaire de l'armistice My grandfather, Joe McConnell, (Joe Gup to me and my siblings) served in the US Army in France in WW1. On 11 November 1918 he was at Camp Meucon, eight miles north of Vannes in Brittany. The 139th Field Artillery Regiment, American Expeditionary Force (AEF), was training with the French artillery at Camp Meucon to learn how to use the French 155mm howitzers before moving to the front. Thus, the main reason for us being in Vannes wa...

Full contact French The Manche Iles Express ferry from St Helier to Granville is a passenger ferry. A large catamaran ferry. It was full of French tourists and a French high school excursion so the ferry was almost full. Teachers walked up and down the aisles counting heads. We departed at about 18:30 Jersey time and arrived at Granville in France at 21:00 French time. There was a big orange full moon over the harbour as the ferry slid into the dock. There ...