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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/topic/forums235283-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]]. 

"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 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://searchfibis.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/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>

*Northumberland Archives, refer below.Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland is perhaps a possible source. Check with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Museum to see if current access is possible. Although in the past it was possible to visit the Archive,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160917230622/http://www.northumberlandfusiliers.org.uk/faqs.php Research FAQs] northumberlandfusiliers.org.uk, archived webpage at 17 September 2016.</ref>, visits to the Archive do not currently (2019, April) seem possible.

*[http://searchfibis.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_document&id=4077&s_id=954 The Northumberland Fusiliers in Abbottabad 1879]An article by Omer S K Tarin hosted in FIBIS database

== External Links links =====Historical Books Onlinebooks online===*[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.105936/page/n3/mode/2up ''Historical record of the Fifth Regiment of Foot, or Northumberland Fusiliers containing an account of the formation of the regiment in the year 1674, and of its subsequent services to 1837''] [by Richard Cannon] 1837 Archive.org*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=EkEIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1 ''A short narrative of the Fifth Regiment of Foot : or Northumberland Fusiliers, with a chronological table and succession list of the officers, from 1st January, 1754, to 1st May, 1873''] by one who has spent many happy years in the regiment 1873. With five coloured plates. Google Books.

*[http://www.northumberlandfusiliers.org.uk Fusiliers Museum of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers] Northumberlandfusiliers.org*[https://www.northumberlandarchives.com Northumberland Archives], formerly the County Records Office, located at Woodhorn, Ashington, Northumberland, England, holds some publications relating to the Northumberland Fusiliers, including regimental histories and ''St. George's Gazette'' (a broken range), issues noted including volumes 7, 13-14, 16-17, 19-22, 24, 29, 31, 39-45, 47, 50-54, 58, 77, 79, 82; (date range estimated to be c 1889 to 1964).