116th Independent Field Battery , RCA The 116th Independent Field Battery , Royal Canadian Artillery is a Canadian Army Reserve independent artillery battery based in Kenora , Ontario , which forms part of the 3rd Canadian Division ' s 38 Canadian Brigade Group . The Battery parades at the Kenora Armoury , 800 - 11th Avenue North , Kenora , Ontario . Lineage . The 116th Independent Field Battery , RCA originated in Kenora , Ontario on 1 April 1908 as the 98th Regiment . It was redesignated as The Rainy River and Kenora Regiment on 12 March 1920 and The Kenora Light Infantry on 1 September 1921 . On 15 December 1936 it was reorganized as two artillery batteries designated the 16th Medium Battery ( Howitzer ) , RCA and the 17th Medium Battery ( Howitzer ) , RCA ( disbanded 31 March 1946 ) . The 16th Medium Battery ( Howitzer ) , RCA was redesignated the 16th ( Reserve ) Medium Battery ( Howitzer ) , RCA on 7 November 1940 . On 1 April 1946 , it was amalgamated with the 209th ( Reserve ) Field Battery , RCA and redesignated the 116th Medium Battery , RCA . It was redesignated the 116th Field Battery , RCA on 19 March 1965 and the 116th Independent Field Battery , RCA on 1 January 1981 . The 209th ( Reserve ) Field Battery , RCA originated in Winnipeg , Manitoba on 2 February 1920 as the 11th Siege Battery , CA . It was redesignated as the 11th Medium Battery ( Howitzer ) , CA on 1 July 1925 , as the 11th Medium Battery ( Howitzer ) , RCA on 3 June 1935 , as the 11th ( Reserve ) Medium Battery ( Howitzer ) , RCA on 7 November 1940 and the 209th ( Reserve ) Field Battery , RCA on 19 October 1942 . On 1 April 1946 , it was amalgamated with the 16th ( Reserve ) Medium Battery , RCA . Perpetuations . The 116th Independent Field Battery , RCA , perpetuates the 94th Battalion ( New Ontario ) , CEF , and No . 11 Canadian Siege Battery , Canadian Garrison Artillery , CEF . Operational History . The Great War . Details from the 98th Regiment were placed on active service on 6 August 1914 for local protection duties . The 94th Battalion ( New Ontario ) , CEF was authorized on 22 December 1915 and embarked for Britain on 28 June 1916 , where its personnel were absorbed by the 17th Reserve Battalion , CEF and the 32nd Battalion , CEF on 18 July 1916 to provide reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field . The battalion was disbanded on 27 July 1918 . No . 11 Canadian Siege Battery was mobilized in England as No . 11 Canadian Siege Battery , CGA , CEF on 7 November 1917 from personnel of the 2nd Brigade , Canadian Reserve Artillery . The battery disembarked in France on 3 April 1918 where it provided siege artillery support as part of the 3rd Brigade , CGA , CEF , in France and Flanders until the end of the war . The battery was disbanded on 23 October 1920 . These is no lineal connection with the 11th Canadian Siege Battery , CGA , CEF which was authorized on 30 May 1917 and subsequently absorbed into the 1st , 5th and ' 8th Battery Siege Artillery , CFA , CEF on 19 October 1917 . The Second World War . The 17th Field Regiment , RCA was mobilized originally as two batteries , the 37th Battery and the 60 / 76 Battery . The 37th Battery was recruited as three troops , A troop at Fort William and Port Arthur , B troop at Fort Frances Frances and Kenora , and C troop at Portage La Prairie . The 60 / 76 Battery was recruited entirely from Saskatchewan , half coming from Aneroid and other points in Western and South Western Saskatchewan while the second half came from Indian Head and the CPR main line district East of Regina . The Non - Permanent Active Militia units from which these two active service batteries were formed , were the 7th Medium Artillery Brigade which consisted of the 16th Battery centred at Kenora , the 17th Battery at Fort Frances and the 18th Battery at Port Arthur , the 26 Field Artillery Brigade from Brandon , the 10th and 22nd Field Artillery Brigades of South Saskatchewan . These units provided the NCO and officer nucleus which was responsible for the initial training and the transformation from a civilian to a soldier regiment . The 17th Regiment , RCA was a three - battery , 24 gun regiment . Each of the three batteries of the regiment contained two troops . The 37th Battery made up Charlie and Dog Troops . The 11th Medium Battery mobilized the 11th Medium Battery , RCA , CASF on 1 September 1939 . On 1 June 1940 it was amalgamated with the 8th Medium Battery , RCA , CASF and redesignated the 8th / 11th Medium Battery , RCA , CASF . On 24 May 1941 this amalgamation ceased and it was again designated the 11th Medium Battery , RCA , CASF . It was redesignated the 11th Heavy Anti - Aircraft Battery , RCA , CASF on 22 December 1941 . The battery disembarked in France on 6 August 1944 , where it provided heavy anti - aircraft artillery support as part of the 2nd Heavy Anti - Aircraft Regiment ( Mobile ) in North West Europe until the end of the war . The overseas battery was disbanded on 7 September 1945 .