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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.

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Sep 08 |
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The September meeting was a well
attended slide show by Michael Ginns MBE entitled "Miscellaneous
slides"
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Aug 03 |
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Great French trip - re-scheduled,
after initial problems with an invisible coach (like last year!
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A great day was held - Thank you
Paul for organising.
Lots of Photos from Graeme Delanoe
here Thanks Graeme.

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July 31 |
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Corbiere Guide booklet is out and
will be sent to those who have pre ordered over the next week.
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Jersey and the CIOS are well
featured in 3!! magazines this month
The Armourer - 6 pages
Britain at war - 6 pages
And Noirmont features in the
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July 2008 |
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A less well attended but very
interesting visit to St Aubin's Fort led by Martin Walton.

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June 2008 |
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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.

  
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May 2008 |
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The 2008 Review (no 36) has been
published by Guernsey and will be distributed to
members over the coming week or so.

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Paul Burnal gave an excellent
presentation on the M19 Fortress Mortar.
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Member Richard le Tissier has
published a book entitled Mined where you walk - an
illustrated
history of the German Occupation of
Sark 1940-45.
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Engelbert Centre,
with from Left to right Geoff, Malcolm, Paul and Kevin - May 2008
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April 2008 |
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An excellent talk by Dr Gilly Carr
- The Archaeology of Occupation and the V-sign Campaign,
pictured are Dr Carr with member Mark Lamerton.
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March 2008 |
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The
Mar/Apr issue of the Armourer includes a 2 page article by Mark
Lamerton
on
freedom trench art.
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The
German War Cemetery book has been updated and re-published. It
costs £3.50 and is
available from St Brelade's Church.
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Loopholes magazine includes a 3 page article written by a
visitor.
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February 2008 |
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Film
show with German newsreel film from 1944 - including Rommel's
inspection of the troops
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fortifications on the Channel Coast. |
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January 2008 |
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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
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50+ members enjoyed the illustrated
talk by David Maindonald entitled - Guernsey revisited.
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New book published (in German) by
Harry Lippmann from (DAWA) MilitarMuseen Kanalinseln
68 pages and over 100 photographs.

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December 2007 |
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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.
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A very enjoyable (if poorly
attended!) archives evening thanks to all that helped to
organise this.

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November 2007 |
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An excellent talk by Bob le Sueur
talking about Insurance during the occupation. |
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October 2007 |
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An excellent talk by Peter Tabb,
previewing his new book it is hoped will be published in the
Spring of 2008
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August 2007 |
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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!
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A great daytrip to
Maisy, Crisbecq and Azeville, thank you Paul for organising
and
to Mark Lamerton for the pictures.


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July 2007 |
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Martin Walton leads
an excellent ramble around L'Etacq including a visit to the
privately owned
670 casemate and tunnel complex -
Thank you Chris.
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June 2007 |
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Michael Ginns MBE talks to members about the flak Batteries in
St Ouen. The
weather was windy to say the least!
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The CIOS (Jersey) Fortifications get
an excellent piece in the Jersey Tourism brochure - June
Events Diary
 
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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
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Launch of New 18 Page
Guidebook to Batterie Lothringen

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May 2007 |
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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
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An excellent talk by
Dr Gilly Carr entitled 'Occupation Trench Art and
Narratives of War'

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

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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.

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The free magazine 24 Seven
has a 3 page article on our work at Noirmont and features our
president Paul Burnal.
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April 2007 |
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Millbrook 4.7cm Pak 36(t)
anti-tank gun Bunker is undergoing restoration work

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you Simon for pics) |
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Apr 2007 |
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An excellent talk on Aerial recognition -
by Trevor
Davenport from Alderney
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Mar 2007 |
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AGM
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Feb 2007 |
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A very interesting talk by
Chris Addy from the War Tunnels research centre.
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Feb 2007 |
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A large wooden memorial shield is donated to the CIOS, it has
the following inscription:-
FUR DEUTSCHLAND GEFALLEN
FW. Willi Viebig OBGEFR Th. Schroder
FW Joh. Halisen GEFR Reinhold Gleede
OBGEFR Th. Nelukirchen GEFR Hermann Buaer
STAB
MG. BTL.16
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Feb 2007
Further excavations at the Sechsschartentürme bunker at
Corbiere. A 2 page spread in the local paper.

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Jan 2007 |
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Further excavations taken
place at Noirmont. Ammunition bunker no VI (as the inscription
says) and the barrack hut position.
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Jan 2007 |
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David Maindonald gave a
comprehensive slide show comparing pictures taken 25 years ago
to the same fortifications today
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Jan 2007 |
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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.
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Dec 2006 |
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Simon Dodkins arranged his first
Archives evening. It was a great success with 50+ members
reviewing a small selection of our
files.
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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.
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Dec 2006 |
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A short visit to the mushroom
tunnels - numbers were very limited and 25 people visited
on the day.
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Nov 2006 |
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Jeremy Hamon gave an
illustrated talk "Norway - its not just the big guns"
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Oct 2006 |
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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.
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Sept 2006 |
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Visit by Rene Roede
(Fortress books) and 20 "bunkerfans" from Holland.
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Sept 2006 |
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An illustrated talk on Sark during the Occupation by Richard le
Tissier.
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July 2006 |
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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).
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July 2006 |
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The Esplanade 4.7 is back!
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Aug 2006 |
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An excellent piece by Ian
Chatterley in the
states staff magazine "Changing States".
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July 2006 |
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Michael Ginns MBE leads 35+ members of the CIOS on a ramble around
the North of St Ouen's
Bay.
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July 2006 |
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The July/August Armourer magazine
includes an article covering Guernsey's German
Occupation Museum's 40th year
of opening.
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June 2006 |
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A return to his Bunker! Engelbert Hoppe (82) visits the "M19" at
Corbiere
where he served to May 1945.
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June 2006 |
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Paul Burnal leads 40+ members of the CIOS on a ramble around
Corbiere.
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June 2006 |
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The 2006 Review (No. 34) is
printed. It runs to 128 pages and was published this year by
Guernsey.
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May 2006 |
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Michael Ginns MBE leads 40+ members of the CIOS on a ramble around
the Esplanade area.
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May 2006 |
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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.
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