northumberland

[shark]

have you some information on this reg

philippe.dr@tiscali.fr

thanks

[Graham Stewart]

Shark,

If you're referring to the Northumberland Fusiliers, then you have you're work cut out. They had 52 battalions serving during the Great War and here is a list;-

1st Battalion - regular army

2nd Battalion - regular army

3rd(Reserve)Battalion - Special Reserve

1/4th Battalion - Territorial Force

2/4th Battalion - Territorial Force

3/4th Battalion - Territorial Force

1/5th Battalion - Territorial Force

2/5th Battalion - Territorial Force

3/5th Battalion - Territorial Force

1/6th Battalion - Territorial Force

2/6th Battalion - Territorial Force

3/6th Battalion - Territorial Force

1/7th Battalion - Territorial Force

2/7th Battalion - Territorial Force

3/7th Battalion - Territorial Force

8th(Service)Battalion - New Army

9th(Service)Battalion - New Army

10th(Service)Battalion - New Army

11th(Service)Battalion - New Army

12th(Service)Battalion - New Army

13th(ServiceBattalion - New Army

14th(Service)Battalion(Pioneers) - New Army

15th(Reserve)Battalion - New Army

16th(Service)Battalion(Newcastle) - New Army

17th(Service)Battalion(North Eastern Railways,Pioneers) - New Army

18th(Service)Battalion(1st Tyneside Pioneers) - New Army

19th(Service)Battalion(2nd Tyneside Pioneers) - New Army

20th(Service)Battalion(1st Tyneside Scottish) - New Army

21st(Service)Battalion(2nd Tyneside Scottish) - New Army

22nd(Service)Battalion(3rd Tyneside Scottish) - New Army

23rd(Service)Battalion(4th Tyneside Scottish) - New Army

24th(Service)Battalion(1st Tyneside Irish) - New Army

25th(Service)Battalion(2nd Tyneside Irish) - New Army

26th(Service)Battalion(3rd Tyneside Irish) - New Army

27th(Service)Battalion(4th Tyneside Irish) - New Army

28th(Reserve)Battalion - New Army

29th(Reserve)Battalion(Tyneside Scottish) - New Army

30th(Reserve)Battalion(Tyneside Scottish) - New Army

31st(Reserve)Battalion - New Army

32nd(Reserve)Battalion(North Eastern Railways) - New Army

33rd(Reserve)Battalion(Tyneside Scottish) - New Army

34th(Reserve)Battalion(Tyneside Irish) - New Army

35th Battalion - Territorial Force

36th Battalion - Territorial Force

37th(Home Service)Battalion - Territorial Force

38th Battalion - Territorial Force?

1st(Garrison)Battalion

2nd(Garrison)Battalion

3rd(Home Service)Battalion

51st(Graduated)Battalion

52nd(Graduated)Battalion

53rd(Young Soldier)Battalion

Also raised was the 39th & 40th Battalions in 1919 for battlefield clearance.

They also had five Volunteer Battalions affiliated to them in July 1918, from Northumberland Volunteer Regiment which were a form of Home Guard;-

1st(Volunteer)Battalion,N.F.

2nd(Volunteer)Battalion,N.F.

3rd(Volunteer)Battalion,N.F.

4th(Volunteer)Battalion,N.F.

5th(Volunteer)Battalion,N.F.

If you wish to know any more then you would have to contact me personally as this is the unit I do a lot of research on.

All the best,

Graham.