23 September 1942 Part 6

23 September 1942 Island division ordered to provide cadres for 346th Division

Date note: Formation order and annex of 23 September; the later conference calls for assembly by 5 October. Neither date is silently substituted for the other.

Seventh Army orders formation of static 346th Division by 1 November at Coëtquidan. Cadres are to come in part from 319th and 320th Divisions under LXXXIV Corps, assembled by 1 October under this order.

The 319th Division column allocates cadres for one infantry regimental headquarters including headquarters company, one infantry battalion headquarters, five rifle companies, one motorised antitank company, one infantry-gun company, one artillery battalion headquarters with signals platoon and two artillery batteries. These are cadre contributions, not transfers of complete operational units.

The 866 NCOs and men shown for LXXXIV Corps are the combined corps contribution, not an island-only total. The original column layout is retained below.

Original source image 0293.jpg — T-312 Roll 1548. Island division ordered to provide cadres for 346th Division.

German Seventh Army records, T-312 Roll 1548. T312 Roll 1548 English translation REVIEWED EDITION 4.docx. Local source scans: 0288.jpg, 0289.jpg, 0293.jpg.