Monument record 4121/0/4 - Light Anti Aircraft Battery in Crewe

Light Anti Aircraft Battery first documented in March 1941. The last reference was in March 1941. It had twenty four guns in September 1939, no guns in October 1940 and four guns in 1941 guns in 1940. Anti aircraft batteries are sites where guns are placed with the purpose of shooting down enemy aircraft. They could contain large calibre guns such as modified artillery cannons (Heavy anti aircraft sites), or small calibre guns such as machine guns (Light anti-aircraft sites), or a combination of both. These sites often survive as earthworks and in some cases the concrete structure of the heavy sites are well preserved.