31 August 1942 Part 8

31 August 1942 Island security interpreters and troop welfare

Editorial note: Retrospective June–August intelligence report; the dates of individual activities remain in the text.

English interpreters were requested for 716, 320 and 319 Divisions, the last additionally for Alderney; they arrived by 20 July.

Army’s comprehensive order of 14 June improved security in the Channel Islands; 319 Division implemented it on 1 July.

Propaganda Company 649 had reporting detachments in Saint-Lô, Caen and Saint Peter Port.

Monthly film allocations were eight for 319 Division, fourteen for 320 and ten for 716.

Former Chancellor Dr Luther lectured on the British Empire on Guernsey on 21 July and Jersey on 23 July.

Radio supply was complete for 319 and 716 Divisions; 320 needed thirty-four sets.

Additional Paris newspapers totalled two thousand: six hundred each for 319 and 716 Divisions, 750 for 320 and fifty for corps troops.

Front bookshops operated in Caen, Cherbourg, Saint-Lô, Granville, Saint Helier, Saint Peter Port and Alderney.

T-314 Roll 1603, expanded reading edition T314_R1603_English_Translation.docx. 31 August 1942 | Source PDF pages 276–281. Supplement to material retained from earlier editions.