The Society was the idea of three Guernseymen based in London: Sir Donald Banks, Air Commodore Henry Le Marchant Brock and Colonel Guy Durand Ozanne.
Since its inception it has published articles from a wide range of respected Guernsey figures including Ambrose Sherwill, John Le Patourel, James Marr, Marie de Garis and TF Priaulx.
[3] In the summer of 1944, the newly formed Society was instrumental in organising, together with prominent members of the Jersey Society in London, a symposium in Oxford to start planning for the future of the Channel Islands following their liberation from Nazi Occupation.
[4] The Society has also published a number of books on the island and its history: Articles from The Review, as well as other Society publications, have been influential and widely used as source material for authoritative works on the island's history.
Examples include: The Society organises regular formal and informal meetings in London and Guernsey.