page_title: 4th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment
section_title: Interwar
hierarchical_section_title: 4th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment / Interwar
caption_attribution_description: English: Alfred Hunton, 3rd then 9th Norfolk Regiment, was the grandfather of Jill Gooch who has contributed his Soldiers&#39; Small Book with medals, badges and service papers. He was a shoemaker - a family tradition (the contributor and her parents also worked in the shoe industry). No story is attached to A. Hunton; nothing has passed down to the family. One of the medals belonged to Pte Wright, but his identity is unknown. The cap badge (Royal Artillery) is also unrelated.
context_page_description: The 4th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment was a Volunteer unit of Britain's Territorial Army recruited from East London. During World War I it raised four battalions, which carried out garrison duty in Malta and Egypt, served at Gallipoli and against the Senussi, and saw a great deal of action on the Western Front, notably in the Attack on the Gommecourt Salient in 1916, at Bullecourt in 1917 and at Oppy Wood and Chipilly Ridge in 1918. During World War II it served as an anti-aircraft regiment in the Battle of France and during the Blitz in 1940 and in North West Europe in 1944–45. It continued in the TA until 1961.
context_section_description: The battalion reformed in the renamed Territorial Army on 7 February 1920. The London Regiment having been abolished in 1916, its battalions became independent regiments affiliated to their former Regular regiments. Thus the 4th Londons reformed as 4th City of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), once again in 1st London Brigade.
  In the coal strike of April 1921 a Defence Force was formed, with one unit being raised at the 4th Londons' HQ, joined by some members of the regiment. This lasted for three months during the political crisis.
  In 1935 the increasing need for anti-aircraft (AA) defence, particularly for London, was addressed by converting the 47th (2nd London) Division into the 1st Anti-Aircraft Division. A number of London battalions were also converted to the AA role, the 4th Londons being transferred to the Royal Artillery (RA) as an AA artillery unit on 15 December 1935, the 60th (City of London) AA Brigade, RA (TA), with HQ and 168th, 169th, and later 194th AA Batteries relocated to Artillery House, Bromley Road, Catford, in South East London. The unit formed part of 27th (Home Counties) Anti-Aircraft Group in 1st AA Division. Unlike some of the other the units converted to the AA role, the 4th Londons lost their cap badge and adopted the RA badge.
  In 1939 the RA adopted the designation 'regiment' in place of 'brigade', and the AA formations became 'brigades' rather than 'groups', thus 60th (City of London) AA Regiment formed part of 27th (Home Counties) AA Brigade.
caption: RA cap badge adopted by the 4th Londons in 1935.
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