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A. Stanley (Arthur Stanley) Blicq
1895–1976
Best known for a vivid World War I regimental history, this Guernsey writer captured the experience of the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry with a direct, grounded style. His surviving work has the feel of local memory turned into living history.
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Norman Ten Hundred : A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry
by A. Stanley (Arthur Stanley) Blicq
About the author
A. Stanley Blicq, also listed as Arthur Stanley Blicq, was a Guernsey writer born in 1895 and died in 1976. He is chiefly remembered for Norman Ten Hundred, a 1920 account of the 1st (Service) Battalion, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry.
That book was printed in Guernsey and presents the battalion's wartime story in an immediate, human way rather than as a dry official record. Modern library and catalog records consistently connect him with this work, and surviving references also suggest a link with The Guernsey Press, which fits the strong local character of his writing.
Reliable biographical detail on Blicq is quite sparse, so it is safest to see him as a local chronicler whose reputation rests on preserving Guernsey's memory of the First World War. For listeners interested in military history, Channel Islands history, or firsthand-era storytelling, his work offers a compact but memorable window into that world.