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==First World War==
===2nd Battalion===
The 2nd Battalion left Southampton 24th September 1913, They originally docked in Bombay before moving to Ambala on the 18th October.<ref>Stewart, Graham. [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/forumstopic/235283-northumberland-fusiliers-north-west-frontier-1908/index.php?showtopicdo=235283findComment&pcomment=2352117 Northumberland Fusiliers, North West Frontier 1908] ''Great War Forum'' 12 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 201614 April 2019.</ref> The Battalion left India at the end of 1914, for the [[Western Front]].
===2nd Garrison Battalion===
"Men of the 2nd Garrison Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers served in Mesopotamia from March 1917 until 1919. Whether this was the whole battalion, or elements of it, is not clear but the Battalion lost 179 men during the First World War and the majority died from sickness in Mesopotamia… It seems certain that all or part of the 2nd Garrison Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers arrived in Basra in late February or early March 1917. The deaths in Mesopotamia appeared to be from sickness including one from smallpox… The Garrison Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers appears to have remained in Mesopotamia until the winter of 1918/1919 as the last recorded death there was on January 4th 1919 at Amara. Amara was further North than Basra and was the headquarters from where the 13th Division started demobilisation in February 1919. The final death in the 2nd Garrison Battalion was recorded in India on March 21 1919. The 2nd Garrison Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers returned to England and was disbanded on January 8th 1920."<ref>Greveson, Alan. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160619035017/http://www.circlecity.co.uk/wartime/board/index.php?page=266 ''Alan Greveson's World War 1 Forum'']. Scroll down or use the Search, to Mike’s post dated 1st June 2010 and reply by Alan Greveson dated 2nd June 2010. Retrieved 19 June 2016.</ref>
The FIBIS database contains a reference to a memorial in Christ Church, [[Ahmednagar]] for the 2nd Garrison Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. “Officers, NCO's and men who died at Ahmednagar 1917 -1919. 42 names, the greater number had served in France, Belgium, Gallipoli or Mesopotamia during the war 1914-1918” <ref>FIBIS Database [http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_detail.php?id=1389690 Group Memorials, Percy-Smith/Bullock Papers]. Individual names do not appear to be available.</ref> The Commonwealth War Graves Commission website lists 27 deaths at Ahmednagar, all NCOs and men<ref>[httphttps://www.cwgc.org/ find/find-war-dead/results/?cemetery=AHMEDNAGAR+GOVERNMENT+CEMETERY&casualtypagenumber=1&csort=regiment&tab=wardead Commonwealth War Graves Commission]. Retrieved 20 September 201414 April 2019.</ref>
==Regimental Journal==
