Reichswald in February 1945 (Operation Veritable), 74th AA Bde was assigned to II Canadian Corps. After carrying out preliminary bombardments, 60th HAA Rgt reverted to AA defence. The units of 74th AA Bde continued to protect the vital routes over the Waal and Maas during the build-up to the Rhine crossing (Operation Plunder). As the war drew to a close, 60th HA Rgt remained in 74th AA Bde under the command of First Canadian Army. The regiment had the honour of being selected to fire a salute of its 3.7-inch guns at 21st Army Group HQ on 6 May 1945 to celebrate Victory in Europe. The regiment with 168, 169 and 205 HAA Btys was placed in suspended animation in British Army of the Rhine on 3 April 1946. Postwar The regiment was reformed in the reconstituted TA on 1 January 1947 as 460 HAA Regiment, RA (City of London) with its HQ at Catford. It formed part of a short-lived 75 AA Bde (the former 49 AA Bde) at Grove Park, Lewisham. When AA Command was disbanded in 1955 there was a considerable reduction in the number of AA units, and 460 HAA was merged into 265 (8th London) HAA Regiment as R Battery (4th City of London). In 1961 a further round of amalgamations saw the whole of 265 HAA Regiment reduced to Q (London) Battery in a new 265 Regiment, and the 4th Londons' lineage ended. Traditions The 4th Londons claimed descent from the London or Tower Hamlets Trained Bands, but there was no connection: the descendants of the Trained Bands were the Royal London Militia (7th Bn Royal Fusiliers) rather than the Volunteers. During World War I, whenever 1/4th Londons were out of the line, the drums Beat Retreat and the battalion mounted a Regimental Quarter Guard daily. The 3/4th (later 2/4th) Bn acquired a Pipe band, originally formed to aid recruitment, and then transferred to the battalion when the Derby scheme ended voluntary enlistment. The pipers wore Royal Stewart tartan and Glengarry caps. The battalion believed that it was unique for an English unit with no Scottish or Irish affiliation to possess such a band. After Passchendaele, the other ranks of the 2/4th Bn were given permission to wear a small version of the Fusiliers' 'grenade' badge on the corners of their tunic collar. After World War II, the officers, warrant officers and senior NCOs