The Heritage open day included Fort Leicester - although there was little or no reference to the German Searchlight shelter or the two MG stands in the material on site!

I was there for a short time and overheard a number of the questions from visitors about the wartime use.

The September meeting was a well attended slide show by Michael Ginns MBE entitled "Miscellaneous slides"

Great French trip - re-scheduled, after initial problems with an invisible coach (like last year! )

A great day was held - Thank you Paul for organising.

Lots of Photos from Graeme Delanoe here Thanks Graeme.

The Armourer - 6 pages Britain at war - 6 pages

A less well attended but very interesting visit to St Aubin's Fort led by Martin Walton.

A very well attending Walk La Moye Area - led by Michael Ginns MBE, assisted by Jeremy Hamon

We visited M10 and M10a. thanks to the land owners and the Jersey Amateur Radio Society.

The 2008 Review (no 36) has been published by Guernsey and will be distributed to

members over the coming week or so.

Paul Burnal gave an excellent presentation on the M19 Fortress Mortar.

Member Richard le Tissier has published a book entitled Mined where you walk  - an illustrated

history of the German Occupation of Sark 1940-45.

Engelbert Centre, with from Left to right  Geoff, Malcolm, Paul and Kevin - May 2008

An excellent talk by Dr Gilly Carr - The Archaeology of Occupation and the V-sign Campaign,

pictured are Dr Carr with member Mark Lamerton.

The Mar/Apr issue of the Armourer includes a 2 page article by Mark Lamerton

on freedom trench art.

The German War Cemetery book has been updated and re-published. It costs £3.50 and is

available from St Brelade's Church.

Loopholes magazine includes a 3 page article written by a visitor.

Film show with German newsreel film from 1944 - including Rommel's inspection of the troops

The Jersey War Tunnels has received the Renault Char B from Bovington Tank Museum

on six months loan. This was used by the Germans in Jersey and  after the war and sent

to the School of Tank Technology in 1946. Well done to Paul Simmonds and the team from

the Jersey War Tunnels for getting this to Jersey for us all to see at first hand.

You can read more and see a large number of close up pictures about this actual Tank

 in the Japanese book Char B1 bis

50+ members enjoyed the illustrated talk by David Maindonald entitled - Guernsey revisited.

New book published (in German) by Harry Lippmann from (DAWA) MilitarMuseen Kanalinseln

68 pages and over 100 photographs.

The Jersey museum has an exhibition of liberation and 1945 royal visit pictures from David

Gainsborough-Roberts Collection. The exhibition runs until the end of February 2008.

A very enjoyable (if poorly attended!) archives evening thanks to all that helped to organise this.

An excellent talk by Peter Tabb, previewing his new book it is hoped will be published in the

Spring of 2008

Four members of the CIOS (Jersey) appear in an article produced for a local

Kristiansund (Norway) newspaper. They visited one of the only M19 fortress

mortars still remaining in situ in 2005!

A great daytrip to Maisy, Crisbecq and Azeville, thank you Paul for organising

and to Mark Lamerton for the pictures.

Martin Walton leads an excellent ramble around L'Etacq including a visit to the privately owned

670 casemate and tunnel complex - Thank you Chris.

Michael Ginns MBE talks to members about the flak Batteries in St Ouen. The

weather was windy to say the least!

The CIOS (Jersey) Fortifications get an excellent piece in the Jersey Tourism brochure - June

Events Diary

             

Paul Burnal Says a few words at the Launch of the new guide book to the 60+ members present at the Command Bunker, including 20+ from Guernsey and the UK. Richard Heaume (from Guernsey) toasts the CIOS Jersey

Launch of New 18 Page Guidebook to Batterie Lothringen

Engelbert Hoppe (the M19 Commander from 1944/45) returned for Liberation

day. He gave members further insight into his time here in Jersey and his life

after the war, dedicated to peace and Anglo/German relations, His story is

told in the 2007 review.

                           Engelbert signs a 2007 review for young Member Bodie.

An excellent talk by Dr Gilly Carr entitled 'Occupation Trench Art and

Narratives of War'

The 2007 Review is published and will be distributed to members during the next week.

The Armourer magazine for May/June 2007 features an article by Dr Gilly Carr (Who is

talking to us on the evening of 8th May)  entitled Occupation artefacts and Narratives of

War and covers 4 colour pages.

The free magazine 24 Seven has a 3 page article on our work at Noirmont and features our

president Paul Burnal.

Millbrook 4.7cm Pak 36(t) anti-tank gun Bunker is undergoing restoration work

An excellent talk on Aerial recognition - by Trevor Davenport from Alderney

AGM

A very interesting talk by Chris Addy from the War Tunnels research centre.

Further excavations at the Sechsschartentürme bunker at Corbiere. A 2 page spread in the local paper. 

Further excavations taken place at Noirmont. Ammunition bunker no VI (as the inscription

says) and the barrack hut position.

David Maindonald gave a comprehensive slide show comparing pictures taken 25 years ago

to the same fortifications today

Hazel R. Knowles Smith has published her research "the changing face of the Channel

Islands Occupation - Record, Memory and Myth. Hazel gave a talk to us in the Spring of 2005.

Simon Dodkins arranged his first Archives evening. It was a great success with 50+ members

reviewing a small selection of our files.

Thanks to Geoff for his excellent display of wartime artefacts from the Masonic temple , to John

for his family album of cuttings etc, to Odette and Dave for the drinks/nibbles and artefacts they

brought along, to Martin for his display of maps and signs to Malcolm for cycling the German

bicycle along for display and of course for Simon organising the evening and retrieving the archive

files.

Thanks to all others who gave raffle prizes or helped before and on the night itself. £78 was raised

for CIOS Funds.

A short visit to the mushroom tunnels - numbers were very limited and 25 people visited

on the day.

Jeremy Hamon gave an illustrated talk "Norway - its not just the big guns"

An excellent Annual Dinner at the Ommaroo attended by 40+ members including Chris Davies

from the UK. Peter Tabb gave an excellent after dinner talk.

Visit by Rene Roede (Fortress books) and 20 "bunkerfans" from Holland.

An illustrated talk on Sark during the Occupation by Richard le Tissier.

Archives book number 8 re-published. The Organisation Todt and the Fortress Engineers in

 the Channel islands (members will get a flyer within one week explaining where to get one

from).

The Esplanade 4.7 is back!

An excellent piece by Ian Chatterley in the states staff magazine "Changing States".

Michael Ginns MBE leads 35+ members of the CIOS on a ramble around the North of St Ouen's

Bay.

The July/August Armourer magazine includes an article covering Guernsey's German

 Occupation Museum's 40th year of opening.

A return to his Bunker! Engelbert Hoppe (82) visits the "M19" at Corbiere

where he served to May 1945.

Paul Burnal leads 40+ members of the CIOS on a ramble around Corbiere.

The 2006 Review (No. 34) is printed. It runs to 128 pages and was published this year by

Guernsey.

Michael Ginns MBE leads 40+ members of the CIOS on a ramble around the Esplanade area.

Visit by Henk Meijer from Holland, he is involved with a Bunker restoration group and they have a

website: http://www.bunkerbehoud.com take a look.