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31 July 1943 Part 1

Summary

Island air activity mine warnings and defence planning (monthly entry)

Location Details

Channel Islands

Diary Entry

July 1943 Island air activity mine warnings and defence planning

Editorial note: Monthly report or annex; placed at the end of the reporting month because no single document date is supplied. Dates within the text retain their original meaning.

July began with frequent enemy air activity over the Channel Islands and mainland. Suspected minefields temporarily closed shipping routes. The corps continued artillery planning, medical arrangements for the islands and exercises involving reserves and local-defence formations.

Source of Information 

T-314 Roll 1603, T314_Roll_1603_English_Translation.docx. Source PDF pages 0943–0967 | Folder opening, annex register and July diary

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