1 July 1943 Part 16

1 July 1943 Jersey fortifications map — state on 1 July 1943

Editorial note: The associated symbol key has no independently legible date; its placement with this map is editorial, not a separate dated event.

Editorial note: Other copies or associated sheets are cited together; repeated text is counted once.

[Source: 43map.jpg] Top secret command matter. Fortress Engineer Sector Group II/14. Jersey, scale 1:25,000. State on 1 July 1943. Checked on 1 July 1943, Wolter, Captain; reviewed on 7 July 1943. Base cartography: Fortress Engineer Staff 19, 31 March 1943.

English map key: Stp. — strongpoint; Zw. Anl. — intermediate work; Rückw. Anl. — rear work; H. K. B. — Army coastal battery; M. B. — naval battery; M. P. — naval bearing or direction-finding position; Ho. — tunnel complex; Flak — antiaircraft artillery; Flugplatz — airfield; Erweiterung — extension; Höhe — elevation; Hafen — harbour; E-Werk — power station; Geschützstand — gun emplacement; F. M. G. — radar equipment; Mun. / Muni. — ammunition. Place names, battery names and identifying numbers are retained on the map. Small or indistinct annotations that cannot be read securely have not been expanded.

The map records coastal strongpoints, intermediate and rear works, gun positions, tunnel complexes and communications. Strongpoints include Grève de Lecq, Etaquerel, Lewis Tower, Kempt Tower, Ziga Tower, La Corbière, Brelades, Elizabeth, South Fort, La Hogue, La Rocque, Anne Port, Archirondel Tower, La Perre, Fliquet Bay, Bouley, La Falaise and Sorel. The original English or French place names require no translation.

At Noirmont Point the map shows naval battery Lothringen, the site designated M. B. 2 for a medium naval battery, and naval direction-finding position M. P. 1. The Noirmont Manor intermediate work lies farther inland. Other marked artillery sites include Les Landes, St Ouen’s and St Martin with 21 cm Mortar 18 positions, Red House and La Moye. Tunnel sites are designated Ho. 1–15, with a combined 13 + 15 marking.

Additional labels: Queens Bay, La Carrière, La Pulente, Beaumont, First Tower, West Mount, Slipshole, La Plage, Grand Charrière, Le Hurel, Gorey Slip and Fort William identify intermediate works. Rear works include Dr House, Red House, Brelades Bay, Felard, Mont aux Roux, Queens Valley, Prince’s Tower, Le Puits, Nicole Tower and numbered elevations. Burg means castle; Peilstelle means direction-finding station; Bunker means bunker. Jasmine and Hedgehog are position names. The original map below preserves individual tactical symbols and coordinates.

Associated map legend — scan 0961.jpg

[Scan 0961.jpg] Explanation of symbols. Enclosure 11. Secret command matter. Ten copies; copy 3. Fortress Engineer Staff 19; enclosure reference[partly unclear]. Operations Branch 7418/43.

Preliminary notes: permanent construction is shown with heavy outlines, underlined lettering and the numbers assigned to the individual installations. Reinforced field construction is shown with thin outlines and lettering, not underlined, and with names. [Minor words in these notes indistinct.]

Columns show permanent construction and reinforced field construction, each divided into planned, under construction, and completed. Categories: infantry installations; artillery installations (MB=naval battery, HKB=Army coastal battery); tunnel installations; anti-tank walls; naval direction-finding/range-finding posts; control posts; Army coastal-battery range-finding posts; anti-aircraft artillery; anti-aircraft command/observation position; command post; air-raid shelter; signals installation; medical installation; electricity installation; radar installation.

Additional symbols: artillery observation positions; minefields. Headquarters flags: divisional commander; brigade commander and island commander; artillery commander; artillery-battalion commander; regimental commander; battalion commander.

Gun symbols: gun in position; fixed gun; heavy howitzer in position; fixed heavy howitzer; howitzer in position; fixed howitzer. Map conventions: existing (English) sea wall; steep coast (not to scale) with offshore rocks; construction-supply railway (90 cm gauge), planned/under construction/completed; construction-supply railway (60 cm gauge). [Individual example numbers in the illustrated key are preserved in the embedded source.]

Original source image 43map.jpg — T-78 Roll 317. Jersey fortifications map — state on 1 July 1943.

Original source image 0961.jpg — T-78 Roll 317. Jersey fortifications map — state on 1 July 1943.

German Army High Command records, T-78 Roll 317. Supplied English translation T78_Roll_317_English_Translation.docx. Source images: 43map.jpg, 0961.jpg.