4,043
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]Also known as '''The Northumberland Fusiliers'''.
correcting own error
== 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 the 1st Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
== External Links ==
===Historical Books Online===
[http://www.archive.org/stream/northumberlandfu00woodrich#page/n9/mode/2up ''The Northumberland Fusiliers''] by Walter Wood (1901) 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.
===Other===
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Northumberland_Fusiliers Royal Northumberland Fusiliers] Wikipedia
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
