Monument record 4097 - Light Anti Aircraft Battery at Winnington

Light Anti Aircraft Battery first documented in March 1941. The last reference was in March 1941. It had eighteen guns in September 1939 which was changed to sixteen different 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.