Le Lacheur "took young Costa Ricans to England and installed them in professional schools, fretting over them like a parent and taking them back to Costa Rica, prepared to fill important roles as professionals" (Wilton Nelson, 1985; cited by Julio Murray and John L. Kater URL Defence When William Walker, an American filibuster, attempted to invade Costa Rica in 1856, the Costa Rican government declared war. However, the march from the Costa Rican military base in San José to the northern border was an arduous one. Le Lacheur put his ships at the disposal of the Costa Rican military commanders to transport the army up the coast to the border so that they would arrive fit and ready to fight. As a result, they successfully repelled the filibusters. The William Walker Episode Postage stamps have been issued commemorating his achievements by both his native Guernsey (1997) and Costa Rica URL   External links William Le Lacheur – Guernsey Museums website Captain Became Coffee Growers’ Good Shepherd - Tico Times, 10 Oct 2008 History of Coffee in Costa Rica and Captain Le Lacheur - Video (in Spanish) Overview of the Worldwide Reformed Church – Costa Rica Historia de la banca comercial en Costa Rica The Episcopal Church in Costa Rica: Its First Century. Author(s): Julio E. Murray and John L. Kater Jr. Source: Anglican and Episcopal History, Vol. 60, No. 3 (September 1991), pp. 335–359 References Sources Sharp, EW, A Very Distinguished Guernseyman – Captain William Le Lacheur, Transactions of La Société Guernesiaise , 1976 Marr, LJ, More Guernsey People, Guernsey Society , 1981
Le Lacheur "took young Costa Ricans to England and installed them in professional schools, fretting over them like a parent and taking them back to Costa Rica, prepared to fill important roles as professionals" (Wilton Nelson, 1985; cited by Julio Murray and John L. Kater Jr. Defence When William Walker, an American filibuster, attempted to invade Costa Rica in 1856, the Costa Rican government declared war. However, the march from the Costa Rican military base in San José to the northern border was an arduous one. Le Lacheur put his ships at the disposal of the Costa Rican military commanders to transport the army up the coast to the border so that they would arrive fit and ready to fight. As a result, they successfully repelled the filibusters. Postage stamps have been issued commemorating his achievements by both his native Guernsey (1997) and Costa Rica (1963). References Sources Sharp, EW, A Very Distinguished Guernseyman – Captain William Le Lacheur, Transactions of La Société Guernesiaise , 1976 Marr, LJ, More Guernsey People, Guernsey Society , 1981 External links William Le Lacheur – Guernsey Museums website Captain Became Coffee Growers’ Good Shepherd - Tico Times, 10 Oct 2008 History of Coffee in Costa Rica and Captain Le Lacheur - Video (in Spanish) Overview of the Worldwide Reformed Church – Costa Rica Historia de la banca comercial en Costa Rica The Episcopal Church in Costa Rica: Its First Century. Author(s): Julio E. Murray and John L. Kater Jr. Source: Anglican and Episcopal History, Vol. 60, No. 3 (September 1991), pp. 335–359 
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Sources Sharp, EW, A Very Distinguished Guernseyman – Captain William Le Lacheur, Transactions of La Société Guernesiaise , 1976 Marr, LJ, More Guernsey People, Guernsey Society , 1981