19 August 1941 Part 2

19 August 1941 Establishment of the commandant of the British Channel Islands

[Scan 1159.jpg] Copy. Army High Command, Army General Staff, Organization Branch II no. 6704/41, secret. Headquarters, 19 August 1941. Reference: no. 4052/41, secret, of 6 June 1941. Subject: establishment of the “Commandant of the British Channel Islands.” To Army Group D; Fifteenth Army, with two additional copies for the 319th Division and Commandant of the British Channel Islands; Chief of Army Armaments and Commander of the Replacement Army/General Army Office; Army Personnel Office, first and second sections. For information: Commander-in-Chief West.

1) In amendment of the referenced order, Fifteenth Army is to establish the “Commandant of the British Channel Islands” under the attached provisional establishment table. 2) The Commandant of the British Channel Islands receives the disciplinary powers of an infantry commander. 3) Fifteenth Army provides personnel and equipment. Motor vehicles are to be supplied from residents’ vehicles already on the Channel Islands. 4) Military District VIII designates the responsible replacement unit. 5) The Commandant retains the field-post number already assigned. 6) Army Group D is to report by 10 October on the division of responsibilities and command relationships of the offices on the British Channel Islands.

By order, signed Buhle. After dispatch: Operations Branch, without annex; etc. Certified correct copy: [signature unclear], Lieutenant. [The deadline is reproduced as printed; it falls after the date at the head of this copy.]

German Army High Command records, T-78 Roll 317. Supplied English translation T78_Roll_317_English_Translation.docx. Source images: 1159.jpg.