7 September 1942 Part 5

7 September 1942 Island fortress engineer organisation

Editorial note: Selected island-related text and translated chart keys; original symbols and numerical tables are retained in the images. Uncertain small annotations are not silently expanded.

Selected island section of the wartime organisation of fortress engineer staffs and construction battalions. Fortress Engineer Commander XIV on Guernsey is shown with Fortress Engineer Staff 14 on Jersey and Staff 19 on Guernsey; subordinate branches extend to Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney. The original records the detailed unit symbols and establishment figures.

English key: Festungspionierstab, fortress engineer staff; Abschnittsgruppe, sector group; Baubataillon, construction battalion; Baukompanie, construction company; taktisch und wirtschaftlich, tactical and administrative control; personell und technisch, personnel and technical control.

Original source image 0122.jpg — T-312 Roll 1547. Island fortress engineer organisation.

German Seventh Army records, T-312 Roll 1547, 28680/21, Army Engineer Commander. Supplied translation T312 Roll 1547 English translation DRAFT.docx. Local source scans: 0122.jpg.