54th (City of London) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

54th (City of London) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment was a volunteer air defence unit of Britain's Territorial Army from 1922 until 1954.

When the Territorial Army (TA) was reformed in 1922 it included a number of dedicated AA units of the Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA).

[6] 54th AA Regiment formed an additional battery, No 312, at Putney on 1 April 1939, as part of the expandion of the TA following the Munich Crisis.

162 (City of London) Battery went to East Africa Command, where it later formed part of a composite 'F' Regiment.

[19][20][21][22] In May 1943, 54 HAA Regiment moved to Egypt, where it came under the non-operational 8th AA Bde in Middle East Forces.

312 Battery moved up and came under 89th HAA Rgt/AA Defence Command at Benghazi[23] but the rest of the regiment remained in Egypt until it was placed in suspended animation on 27 February 1945.

Edward Ardizzone recorded the early days of mobilisation at 54th HAA Regiment's drill hall at Putney
Mobile 3.7-inch AA guns in London's Hyde Park, 1939
An AA command post in action, by Ardizzone