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== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
 
===Historical Books Online===
 
===Historical Books Online===
''The Northumberland Fusiliers'' by Walter Wood 1901 [http://www.archive.org/stream/northumberlandfu00woodrich#page/n9/mode/2up Archive.org].  Indian service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/northumberlandfu00woodrich#page/112/mode/2up page 112] in 1857 , and continues [http://www.archive.org/stream/northumberlandfu00woodrich#page/138/mode/2up page 138] , in Afghanistan in 1878
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[http://www.archive.org/stream/northumberlandfu00woodrich#page/n9/mode/2up ''The Northumberland Fusiliers''] by Walter Wood (1901)  Archive.org.  Indian service commences page 112 in 1857, and continues page 138, in Afghanistan in 1878.
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===Other===
 
===Other===
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Northumberland_Fusiliers Royal Northumberland Fusiliers] Wikipedia
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Northumberland_Fusiliers Royal Northumberland Fusiliers] Wikipedia

Revision as of 22:18, 11 January 2010

Also known as The Northumberland Fusiliers

Chronology

  • 1674 raised as the Irish Regiment or Viscount Clare's Regiment
  • 1751 became 5th Regiment of Foot
  • 1782 became HM 5th (Northumberland) Regiment of Foot
  • 1836 became the 5th (Northumberland Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 became the Northumberland Fusiliers
  • 1935 became the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
  • 1968 became the1st Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

External Links

Historical Books Online

The Northumberland Fusiliers by Walter Wood (1901) Archive.org. Indian service commences page 112 in 1857, and continues page 138, in Afghanistan in 1878.

Other

Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Wikipedia