1 October 1943

1 October 1943 Channel Islands divisional and Army coastal artillery organisation

ARTILLERY: Artillery Regiment 319, headquarters battery and Battalions IV, III, II and I, each with headquarters battery and three batteries. IV, III and II Battalions each have three batteries of four 10 cm howitzers marked t; each battery also has 2 machine guns and one antiaircraft gun. I Battalion: one battery of four 10 cm howitzers marked t, two batteries each of six 8 cm field guns marked t; each battery also has 2 machine guns and one antiaircraft gun.

ARTILLERY REGIMENT FOR SPECIAL EMPLOYMENT 720: Battalion 440 with Batteries 469, 468 and 467; Battalion 452 with Batteries 466, 465 and 464. Each battery has three 21 cm coastal guns, 2 machine guns and one antiaircraft gun.

Battalion 728: Battery 470, four 22 cm guns, 2 machine guns and 2 antiaircraft guns; Battery 356, four 15.5 cm guns, 2 machine guns and one antiaircraft gun; Battery 355, four 10.5 cm guns and 2 machine guns. Battalion 727: Battery 472, four 22 cm guns and 2 machine guns; Battery 471, four 22 cm guns, 2 machine guns and 2 antiaircraft guns; Battery 463, four 15 cm guns, 2 machine guns and one antiaircraft gun; Battery 462, four 15 cm guns, 2 machine guns and one antiaircraft gun; Battery 461, four 15 cm guns, 2 machine guns and one antiaircraft gun; Battery 354, four 15.5 cm guns, 2 machine guns and 2 antiaircraft guns; Battery 353, four 10.5 cm guns and 2 machine guns. Supply Company 605, 6 machine guns.

T-312 Roll 1559, scans 0699. Extract from T-312_Roll_1559_Master_English_Translation.docx.