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9 November 1944

Summary

Naval officers assigned to Army units

Location Details

Channel Islands

Diary Entry

9 November 1944 Naval officers assigned to Army units

Posting naval officers to the Army: documents received show that wherever ship crews are employed ashore, naval troops have a disproportionately high officer share compared with the Army. Fortress commandants and Commander, Channel Islands, are ordered to balance this by assigning naval officers to Army units where these conditions exist.

Source of Information 

T-1022 Roll 4008; PG 37615 | Frame 0489; original page 73. Extract from T1022_R4008_English_Translation.docx.

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