5th Regiment of Foot

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 the 1st 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
• The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers from British Armed Forces & National Service. Includes deployments.
• The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Regiments.org, an archived site.
• Museum of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Northumberlandfusiliers.org