1 November 1941 Part 6

1 November 1941 Detailed garrison chart of the Channel Islands as at 1 November 1941

Date note: Chart status is 1 November 1941; attached to a memorandum dated 2 November. Arranged by the chart status date.

Editorial note: The original chart itself places naval battery Roon (17 cm) in the Jersey row and Lothringen (15 cm) in the Alderney row. These labels conflict with the battery locations given elsewhere in this collection. They are reproduced as a source inconsistency, not as evidence that the batteries changed islands. The original chart is embedded.

[Scan 1085.jpg] Garrison of the Channel Islands. Position 1 November 1941. Enclosure to Operations Branch (V), no. 38064/41, 2 November 1941. Explanations: x=replacement by 15 cm K18 intended; xx=additional battery of four 30.5 cm guns, range 50 km, 1,000 rounds, intended; +=being brought up. Columns: island; command authorities; infantry; divisional artillery; Army coastal artillery; naval artillery; anti-aircraft artillery; engineers; construction troops; signals; anti-tank units (excluding infantry); reconnaissance units; captured tanks; supply troops.

Guernsey: seat of commander of Channel Islands; 319th Infantry Division; Infantry Regiments 583 and 584; Artillery Regiment for Special Employment 720. Infantry: I, II, III Battalions/583 and I, II, III/584. Divisional artillery: III Battalion/Artillery Regiment 319, two batteries Czech 10.5 cm. Army coastal artillery: Battalion Headquarters 727; Battery 333 (French 7.5 cm); 334 (French 15 cm); 462 and 463 (15 cm K18); 464,465, 466 (21 cm heavy mortar 18); 471 (+) and 472 (French 22 cm); nine batteries. Naval: Battalion Headquarters 604; 1st Battery/604, “Strassburg”, four French 22 cm guns, x andxx. Anti-aircraft: Battalion Headquarters 124; 2nd/124, four 8.8 cm and two 2 cm; 3rd/124, same; 4th/124, nine 3.7 cm; 5th/124, twelve 2 cm [partly ink-obscured]; command staff Anti-Aircraft Regiment 39; 1st/Reserve Anti-Aircraft Battalion 991 (+), nine 3.7 cm; Anti-Aircraft Transport Battery 2/171, less one column; Reserve Anti-Aircraft Battalion Headquarters 441 with two batteries, six 8.8 cm and two 2 cm [as tabulated]. Engineers: Fortress Engineer Staff 19; Engineer Battalion 319 (1st and 3rd Companies). Construction: Fortress Construction Battalion 152. Signals: Fortress Signals Battalion Headquarters 15; one-third Signals Company 319; two detachments Corps Signals Battalion 460. Captured tanks: eight. Supply: staff from Infantry Regiment 584; elements Medical Company 319; one section Ambulance Platoon 318.

Jersey: seat of Commandant of British Channel Islands; Infantry Regiment 582; Artillery Regiment 319. Infantry: I, II, III Battalions/582; Machine-Gun Battalion 16. Divisional artillery: I andII Battalions/Artillery Regiment 319, each two Czech 10.5 cm batteries. Army coastal artillery: Battalion Headquarters 728; Battery 335 (French 7.5 cm); 356 (French 15 cm); 467,468, 469 (21 cm heavy mortar 18); 470 (+) (French 22 cm); six batteries. Naval: 2nd Battery/Naval Artillery Battalion 604, “Roon”, three 17 cm guns, x. Anti-aircraft: 1st/124, four 8.8 cm and two 2 cm; Reserve Anti-Aircraft Battalion Headquarters 152, two 8.8 cm batteries and two 2 cm batteries; Reserve Anti-Aircraft Battalion Headquarters 153, three 8.8 cm batteries and two 2 cm batteries; one column Anti-Aircraft Transport Battery 2/171. Engineers: Fortress Engineer Staff 14; 2nd Company/Engineer Battalion 319. Construction: Fortress Construction Battalion 158; 5th Company/Construction Battalion 19. Anti-tank: Battalion 319. Reconnaissance: Cyclist Squadron 319. Captured tanks: eight. Supply: staff from Infantry Regiment 582; elements Medical Company 319; one section Ambulance Platoon 318.

Alderney: infantry 9th Company/277, from 83rd Infantry Division. Army Coastal Battery 461, 15 cm K18, one battery. Naval: 3rd Battery/Naval Artillery Battalion 604, “Lothringen”, three 15 cm guns. Anti-aircraft: fourteen 2 cm and four 8.8 cm guns. Engineers: one platoon Engineer Battalion 183. Construction: 2nd Company/Construction Battalion 158. Signals: one radio detachment Signals Battalion 183. Captured tanks: four. [Empty cells remain blank in the original chart.]

Original source image 1085.jpg — T-78 Roll 317. Detailed garrison chart of the Channel Islands as at 1 November 1941.

German Army High Command records, T-78 Roll 317. Supplied English translation T78_Roll_317_English_Translation.docx. Source images: 1085.jpg.