Shilo Landmarks
Shilo During WW2...cont.
Ammunition expenditures were very low at these concentrations. In 1919, Canada was given 175,000 rounds of ammunition by Britain. This cache was almost exclusively the source for artillery training ammunition until 1939. Indeed, it was so nearly exhausted that new militia batteries raised in 1937 to 1939 were not allocated any training ammunition. Expenditures of ammunition by infantry and cavalry units are unknown. Initially, Shilo was a town of canvass. By 1939, only 25 permanent structures had been erected on the site. It was only in 1940 that construction was started to create what we knew as children. Major building programs were instituted and continued every year thereafter. When war was declared in September 1939, C Battery mobilized from Winnipeg. As well, 71 Battery from Brandon mobilized in December 1939 and may have trained on the ranges. The 59th Fd Bty was also mobilized in Brandon in 1941 and may also have trained on the ranges. In addition to operational units, Shilo became a major training base during the war. It is believed that the Commonwealth Air Training Plan (CATP) units eventually used Shilo as a bombing and gunnery range.
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| 18th RECCE at Henny concert - Shilo 1940 | First water tower in Shilo - 1940 |
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| Shilo GHQ - 1940 | Henney Concert - Shilo, 1940 |
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