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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 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.
Northumberland 1st VB, Northumberland Fusiliers: 4th Bn, Northumberland Fusiliers 2nd VB, Northumberland Fusiliers: 5th Bn, Northumberland Fusiliers: 3rd VB, Northumberland Fusiliers (part) 6th Bn, Northumberland Fusiliers Nottinghamshire 1st Nottinghamshire (Robin Hood) VRC: 7th (Robin Hood) Bn, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and ...
The Northumberland Brigade was formed in 1908 as part of the Territorial Force of the British Army with four battalions of the Northumberland Fusiliers. The brigade was numbered as 149th (Northumberland) Brigade in 1915 and served with the 50th (Northumbrian) Division on the Western Front throughout World War I .
8th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers; 9th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers – disbanded and drafted February 1918; 8th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment – to 32 Bde 18 January 1915; 11th Battalion, Manchester Regiment; 5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment – from 33 Bde 18 January 1915
Of these 151 went to South Africa reinforcing the 2nd Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers, the remainder were part of the Malta garrison where it guarded Boer prisoners, and received the news that with the raising of the 3rd and 4th regular battalions of the Northumberland Fusiliers it was to be temporarily renamed the 5th (Militia ...
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.
Includes soldiers and non-commissioned officers of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers regiment of the British Army and its predecessor, the 5th Foot. Pages in category "Royal Northumberland Fusiliers soldiers"
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