During the East Coast Floods in February 1953, Q ('Quebec') Battery of &lt;a href="29th%20Light%20Anti-Aircraft%20Regiment%2C%20Royal%20Artillery"&gt;529 LAA/SL Rgt&lt;/a&gt;, stationed at Louth, deployed its gun towing vehicles to evacuate civilians from Sutton-on-Sea. It then employed the artificial moonlight technique with its S/Ls to allow round-the-clock working to repair the damaged sea defences, calling in additional lights from TA units across the North and Midlands. This commitment lasted for six weeks.