1 August 1943 Part 2

1 August 1943 Channel Islands divisional and Army coastal artillery organisation

Editorial note: The supplied August translation reads Battery 490 and Supply Company 685; the September return reads Battery 470 and Supply Company 605. These readings are preserved, not treated as verified unit renumberings.

Artillery Regiment 319: headquarters and I–IV Battalions, each with three batteries. I Battalion has three batteries each with four 8 cm (t) field guns, 2 machine guns and a 2 cm antiaircraft weapon; range 13.5 km indicated above the guns. II–IV Battalions each have three batteries of four 10 cm (t) light howitzers, 2 machine guns and a 2 cm antiaircraft weapon; range 9.6 km indicated.

Artillery Regiment for Special Employment 720: Artillery Battalion 440 with Batteries 469, 468 and 467, each with three 21 cm coastal guns and one antiaircraft gun; machine guns respectively 1, 1 and 2. Artillery Battalion 452 with Batteries 466, 465 and 464, each with three 21 cm coastal guns and one antiaircraft gun; machine guns respectively 3, 2 and 2.

Artillery Battalion 728: Battery 490, four 22 cm guns, 2 antiaircraft guns and 2 machine guns; Battery 356, four 15.5 cm guns, 1 antiaircraft gun and 2 machine guns; Battery 355, four 10.5 cm guns. Artillery Battalion 727: Battery 472, four 22 cm guns and 6 machine guns; Battery 471, four 22 cm guns, 2 antiaircraft guns and 8 machine guns; Battery 463, four 15 cm guns, 1 antiaircraft gun and 2 machine guns; Battery 462, four 15 cm guns, 6 machine guns and 4 light mortars; Battery 461, four 15 cm guns and 4 machine guns; Battery 354, four 15.5 cm guns, 2 antiaircraft guns and 5 machine guns; Battery 353, four 10.5 cm guns and 2 machine guns. Supply company 685: 6 machine guns.

T-312 Roll 1559, scans 0625. Extract from T-312_Roll_1559_Master_English_Translation.docx.