1 October 1944 Part 3

1 October 1944 New naval units on Sark Guernsey and Jersey

Channel Islands: four new units have been formed in addition to the naval batteries: (1) Naval Battery Sark, three 8.8 cm guns, crew of patrol vessel Vp 203, 53 men. (2) Sailors’ Company Hilger, Guernsey, 95 men, crews of M 4610 and M 4615, at present undergoing infantry training. (3) Sailors’ Company König, Jersey, 128 men, from one boat each of the 3rd and 6th Groups of the 46th Minesweeping Flotilla, employed as an infantry company. [List continued on the following frame.]

(4) Jersey ship establishment company, with one platoon on Guernsey. Crews of the transport vessels and their onboard anti-aircraft weapons: 149 men, plus 60 civilian crewmen.

T-1022 Roll 4008; PG 37610 | Frame 0381; original pages 7401, 7402; PG 37610 | Frame 0382; original pages 7403, 7404. Extract from T1022_R4008_English_Translation.docx.