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The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army.Raised in 1674 as one of three 'English' units in the Dutch Anglo-Scots Brigade, it accompanied William III to England in the November 1688 Glorious Revolution and became part of the English establishment in 1689.
The 17th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers was one of the numerous Pals Battalions formed in the North East of England on Kitchener's call for men during the early parts of the First World War. [1] The battalion was raised by the North Eastern Railway (NER) and was the only pals battalions to be raised by a single company.
It became the 5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers in the Territorial Force, serving during the First World War, and then the Territorial Army. It converted to an anti-aircraft role just prior to Second World War , and continued to serve until it was amalgamated in 1950.
This is a list of Northumberland Fusiliers battalions in World War I. When the First World War broke out in August 1914, the Northumberland Fusiliers, a fusilier infantry regiment of the British Army, consisted of 7 battalions, eventually expanding to 52 battalions, although not all existed at the same time, [1] [a] of which 29 served overseas.
The 5th Battalion was converted to a searchlight battalion on 1 November 1938 as 5th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (53rd Searchlight Regiment). [7] At the outbreak of the war, it was assigned to 30th (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Brigade , 7th Anti-Aircraft Division as part of the anti-aircraft defences for the North East . [ 49 ]
52nd (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers; 53rd (Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery; 80th Training Reserve Battalion; 102nd (Tyneside Scottish) Brigade; 103rd (Tyneside Irish) Brigade; 149th (Northumberland) Brigade; 188th (2/1st Northumberland) Brigade; 588th (Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) Light ...
It was originally raised as the 8th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, formed as a 2nd Line Territorial Army duplicate unit of the 4th Battalion, just before the outbreak of the Second World War as a motorcycle battalion and served as such in the Battle of France in May 1940.
Includes commissioned officers of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers regiment of the British Army and its predecessor, the 5th Foot. Pages in category "Royal Northumberland Fusiliers officers" The following 108 pages are in this category, out of 108 total.