102nd Wentworth Field Battery Memorial Plaque

THIS PLAQUE IS TO COMMEMORATE THE MEN AND THE UNITS OF THE 102ND WENTWORTH
FIELD BATTERY ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY. FORMED IN DUNDAS DECEMBER 15TH 1936
STOOD DOWN MARCH 31ST 1970.

THE 102ND WENTWORTH FIELD BATTERY WAS MOBILIZED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE WORLD WAR II AS THE
41ST/102ND FIELD BATTERY MAY 24TH 1940. THIS BATTERY BECAME THE 41ST LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY,
5TH LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT REGIMENT 5TH CANADIAN ARMOURED DIVISION.
SERVED IN GREAT BRITAIN, ITALY AND HOLLAND.

102ND WENTWORTH FIELD BATTERY WAS AGAIN MOBILIZED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE FEBRUARY 27TH 1941
AND JOINED THE 16TH FIELD REGIMENT ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY
LATER TO BECOME THE 102ND LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY 8TH LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT REGIMENT
4TH CANADIAN ARMOURED DIVISION. THE BATTERY SERVED IN NEWFOUNDLAND, GREAT BRITAIN,
NORMANDY, NORTH EAST FRANCE, BELGIUM, HOLLAND AND GERMANY

THE 102ND LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY RETURNED TO DUNDAS FROM OVERSEAS JANUARY 8TH
1946 AND CEASED ACTIVE SERVICE ON THIS DATE

ERECTED IN 1994 BY MEMBERS OF THE 102ND LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY ASSOCIATION (ACTIVE)
IN LOVING MEMORY OF ALL WHO SERVED, MAY THEIR SERVICE NEVER BE FORGOTTEN

IN THE MORNING AND AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
MAY THOSE WHO COME AFTER US HOLD HIGH THE TORCH OF PEACE.

"MAY GOD GIVE HIS BLESSING"
AMEN.