‘We dug under our house in Guernsey and found a German bunker’

A couple say that they have been gobsmack after being dug under their house and a Nazi bunker under it has been discovered.

Sean and Carrie Tullear bought their home in the Tortal area of Guernsey four years ago and knew that it was a world war site of displacement of two German guns.

However, it was informed by someone who lived about a bunker in the house, possibly being under it, the couple decided to dig the driveway and eventually managed to detect the war -time building.

The couple said that they had a plan to convert the bunker into a game room and gym, but were eager to ensure that the historical elements remained in the place.

Germany force Channel islands captured From 1940 to 1945 and under the orders of Adolf Hitler, the islands were converted into a “impervious fort”.

During occupation, hundreds of islands were sent to jails in Europe and many that remained on the almost hungry islands.

The business lasted until 9 May 1945, when Guernsey and Jersey became free.

Sarak was freed a day later, while Alderney, where most of the islands were forced to leave their homes, could not return until 15 December 1945.

The islands now celebrate home return day at Aldarni, with events of liberation day at Guernsey, Jersey and Sir at the end of Nazi occupation.

Mr. Tuller said that he and his wife were told about the site being used as a German gun displacement, but he suspected that there was something else there.

“From outside, you can tell that it was sitting on top of something,” he said.

Mr. Tullear said that it was when the previous living in the house told him under a bunker in March 2022, he decided that it was time to investigate.

“We are doing home anyway, so I hired an excavator and, with the help of a partner, we started digging the driveway to see what was there,” he said.

“We kept digging for a while and then finally, the land just gave the way and the gate appeared.”

It is believed that the entrance of the bunker was blocked in the 1960s and Mr. Tuller said he was impressed by how good the structure was.

The bunker consisted of two main rooms, which measured 17fts (up to 5.18 m 3 m) and 17ft (up to 5.18, 6 meters), including a tile floor, escape hatch and German writing.

Messages on the walls include “Achtang Find Hort Mit” – which translates into “beware, enemy listening”.

The couple also found dozens of tin and other debris which were left behind inside the bunker.

Mr. Tuller said that one of the main issues, which was needed to be sorted after the bunker was found, was pushing the water out after gathering inside for decades, but the structure was usually quite a sound.

He said that converting the bunker into a game room – with a snooker table – and gym was worked on progress.

Mr. Tuller said that the discovery of the bunker had increased the interest of other people and felt that it was important to keep German elements present.

He said: “This is not just a sports room – people come together and ask to see history.

“You many people say that they will only upgrade them these bunkers, but we feel very privileged to do it.

“I know it was a bad time for Guernsey [during the Nazi occupation]But I find history attractive and I think we need to keep it so we remember what happened. ,