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7 September 1943 Part 2

Summary

Island divisional engineers in the Army organisation chart

Location Details

Guernsey; Channel Islands

Diary Entry

7 September 1943 Island divisional engineers in the Army organisation chart

The chart places the 319th Infantry Division and Engineer Battalion 319 on Guernsey under LXXXIV Army Corps within Seventh Army engineer organisation.

English reading key:

German abbreviation or label | English

A.O.K. 7 | Seventh Army Headquarters

A. Pi. Fü. | Army Engineer Commander

LXXXIV A.K. | LXXXIV Army Corps

319. I.D. | 319th Infantry Division

Pi. Btl. 319 | Engineer Battalion 319

Fest. Pi. Stab | Fortress Engineer Staff

Fest. Pi. | Fortress engineers

Bau Pi. Btl. | Construction Engineer Battalion

Guernsey or île de Guernesey | Guernsey

Jersey | Jersey

Alderney | Alderney

The complete original diagram preserves the command relationships and military symbols. Small handwritten names and indistinct subdivisions have not been expanded.

Original source image 00348.jpg — T-312 Roll 1563. Island divisional engineers in the Army organisation chart.

Source of Information 

German Seventh Army records, NARA T-312 Roll 1563. T312_R1563_Jersey_and_Channel_Islands_English_Translation.docx. File 41703/37 • Scan 00348 • 7 September 1943. Local scan references identify the supplied image filenames, not substituted microfilm frame numbers.

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