Evacuation of civilians from the Channel Islands in 1940 opened up an evacuation account for each of the Bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey, to which certain costs could be charged, such as the cost of the evacuation ships, rail travel and the education costs of children. There were concerns over helping Channel Island private schools with their costs as British private schools received no help when evacuated from cities. From the people who had left the Channel Islands in 1939-40 and been evacuated in 1940, over 10,000 islanders served with Allied forces. A higher percentage of serving people from the islands had died per head of pre-war population than
Lisa Guernsey She obtained a bachelor's degree in English and a master's degree in English/American Studies from the University of Virginia in 1994. Guernsey has two daughters, Janelle and Gillian, and they live in Alexandria's Del Ray neighborhood. Once Guernsey completed her Bachelor's and master's degrees in 1994 from the University of Virginia through their joint BA/MA program, she moved to Alexandria, Virginia and began working as the Associate Editor of "The Chronicle of Higher Education". Then, in 1999, she became a reporter for "The New York Times" where she wrote articles about new technology, science and education. After she left "The