Northumberland Fusiliers

1674 - "The Irish Regiment" The regiment was raised in Holland in 1674 as an Irish regiment by Lord Clare for Dutch service (Prince of Orange) against the French.

1685 - Placed on the English Establishment. Called back to England to put down Monmouth's Rebellion.

July 1751 - 5th Regiment of Foot

1778 - On 3 November, the Regiment leaves the United States for the French West Indies

1782 - 5th (The Northumberland) Regiment of Foot

1836 - 5th Regiment of Foot (Northumberland Fusiliers)

1881 - Northumberland Fusiliers

1935 - The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

6th September 1941 - 410 Battery, 53rd Searchlight Regiment, R.A. (originally 5th Battalion Royal Northumberland Fusiliers T.A.)

1968 - The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (combined with The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) and The Lancashire Fusiliers)

Fusilier Wars, Battles and Casualties of War and Accident

1756-1763 - Seven Years War

Wilhemsthal

1769 - The Shiners

Nicknamed "The Shiners" from their smart appearance at a 1769 inspection in Ireland, and still used in the 19th and 20th centuries.

1774-1775 - The American Revolution

5 men killed, 3 officers and 15 men wounded, 1 man captured - 19 April 1775

22 men killed, 8 officers, 10 sergeants, 2 drummers, and 116 men wounded out of a total of 400 men engaged - 17 June 1775

DOWNS, Captain, 5th Foot, killed at Bunker Hill - 17 June 1775

MARSDEN, Captain Francis, 5th Foot, wounded at Bunker Hill - 17th June 1775. Son of William Marsden, a Wakefield solicitor, and his first wife Elizabeth. Seriosuly wounded at Bunker Hill, he was sent home to Yorkshire, where he lingered for five years, without fully recovering. He died at Burntwood Hall on 12 February 1780, in his 27th year.

Memorial at All Saints Church, Wakefield - "Near this place lies the body of Elizabeth, the wife of William Marsden, late of this town, attorney at law who died the 14 August 1766 aged 37 years. Also the body of Francis, their son, a Captain in the 5th Regiment, of Foot who died, on the 12 Feb 1780 aged 27. And also the body of the said Wm Marsden who died the 6th Feb 1783, aged 66. In respect to the memory of her parents and her affectionate brother this monument was erected March 1790, by Hannah."

Battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776 - No losses

Battle of White Plains, New York October 28, 1776 - 2 killed and 1 wounded, its commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Walcott

Capture of Fort Washington, New York, November 16, 1776 - No losses

Capture of Fort Lee, New Jersey, November 20, 1776 - No losses

Battle of Brandywine Creek, Pennsylvania, August 25, 1777 - 1 officer, 1 sergeant, and 12 men wounded

A good link discusing the 5th Regiment of Foot in North America.

1778 - Santa Lucia

1808-1814 - Peninsular War "The Fighting Fifth" & "Old and Bold Fifth"

"The ever fighting, often tried, but never failing Fifth." - The Duke of Wellington

Rolica, Vimiera, Corunna, Busaco, Ciudad Rodrigo, Bajados, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse

1857-1858 - Indian Mutiny

September 24 - Victoria Cross - At Alumbagh, India, "Sergeant Robert Grant went, under very heavy fire, to save the life of a private whose leg had been shot away. With the help of a lieutenant, Sergeant Grant carried the wounded man to the safety of the camp."

September 26 - Victoria Cross - At Lucknow, India, "when a party of men was shut up and besieged in a house in the city, Private McManus stayed outside the house until he himself was wounded, and under cover of a pillar kept firing on the sepoys and prevented their rushing the house. He also, in conjunction with another private (John Ryan) dashed into the street and took a wounded captain out of a dhooly and carried him into the house in spite of heavy fire in which the captain was again wounded."

October 2 - Victoria Cross - At Lucknow, India, "Private McHale was the first man at the capture of one of the guns at the Cawnpore Battery. On 22 December he was the first to take possession of one of the guns which had sent several rounds of grape through his company. On every occasion of attack Private McHale was the first to meet the enemy, amongst whom he caused such consternation by the boldness of his attack that those who followed him had little to do. His daring and sustained bravery became a byword among his comrades."

Awardees of the Indian Mutiny Medal

ADAIR, Captain James Wallace Dunlop, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
ADAMS, Private Benjamin, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
AHERN, Private Maurice, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
AIKEN, Private Joseph, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
ALDEN, Private Edward, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
ALDERICE, Private James, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
ALDERTON, Corporal David, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
ALDRED, Private Owen, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
ALEXANDER, Private Hamond, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
ALLEN, Private Frederick, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
ALLPRESS, Private Joseph, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
AMIES, Private William, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
AMIES, Private Henry, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
ANDERSON, Private William, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
ANDERSON, Private William, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
ANDREWS, Private George, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
ANDREWS, Private Thomas, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
ANSWER, Private Matthew, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
ARATOON, Hospital Steward J., 1st Bn. 5th Foot
ARNUP, Private Henry, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
ATMORE, Private William, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
ATTWOOD, Private Thomas, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
AUCKLAND, Hospital Sergeant John, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
CHILVERS, Private Ebeneer, 1st Bn. 5th Foot

CRABTREE, Instructor of Musket C.C., 1st Bn. 5th Foot
CRAWFORD, Private James, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
CREAGH, Captain John, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
CROCKER, Private Samuel, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
CROUCHER, Private Thomas, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
CROWE, Private Michael, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
CROWE, Private William, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
CUBITT, Lieutenant Frank Astley, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
CULLEN, Private, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
CULLY, Private John, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
CULVERHOUSE, Sergeant William, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
CUNNINGHAM, Private Daniel, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
CUNNINGHAM, Sergeant Peter, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
CUNNINGHAM, Corporal William, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
CUPPER, Private George, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
CURRAN, Private Patrick, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
CURTIES, Sergeant (Orderly Room Clerk) Thomas, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
CURTIS, Private Charles H., 1st Bn. 5th Foot
CUTTING, Private John, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GAFF, Private Edward, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GAITON, Private Thomas, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GALLAGHER, Private Edward, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GARDINER, Private ?amb, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GARRATT, Private Robert, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GARROD, Private Benjamin, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GATES, Private James, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GAY, Private WIlliam, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GAYER, Assistant Surgeon Edward John, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GAYFORD, Private William, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GAYTON, Private Christopher, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GEARY, Private David, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GEORGE, PRivate Robert, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GERAN, Private Timothy, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GIDNEY, Private William, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GILL, Sergeant John Richard, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GILLESPIE, Private George, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GILLIGAN, Private Matthew, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GLENISTER, Private James, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GLENN, Private Francis, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GLYNN, Private Patrick, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GOLDING, Private James, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GOOCH, Private Thomas, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GOODMAN, Private George, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GORDON, Private John, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GORE, Private Francis, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GORMAN, Corporal David, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GOUGH, Private William, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GRANT, Private James, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GRANT, Assistant Surgeon Maxillian, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GRANT, Corporal Robert, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GRAY, Private William, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GEEN, Private John, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GREEN, Private John, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GREENLAND, Private William, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GREENWOOD, Private Thomas, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GREY, Colour Sergeant Absolom, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GRIFFIN, Private Robert, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GRIFFIN, Private William, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GRIMES, Private John, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GRIMSDELL, Private William, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GUERAN, Private Martin, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GUY, Private George, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
GUY, Lieutenant Colonel Philip Melmoth Nelson, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
JACKSON, Private George, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
JACKSON, Sergeant John, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
JACKSON, Private Shadrack, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
JACKSON, Private William, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
JEFFCUTT, Private Richard, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
JENKINS, Private William, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
JOHNSON, Captain Arthur England, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
JOHNSON, Private John, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
JOHNSON, Private Joseph, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
JOHNSTON, Private Thomas, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
JONES, Drummer Charles, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
JONES, Private James, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
JONES, Private Thomas, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
JONES, Corporal William, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
JONES, Private William P., 1st Bn. 5th Foot
JOY, Private Thomas, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
JOYCE, Private Edmund, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
JUDE, Private John, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
SHALDERS, Private, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
SHARMAN, Private George, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
SHARPE, Private Robert, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
SHAW, Private Charles, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
SHAW, Private Michael, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
SHEA, Private Denis, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
SHEADY, Private Jour, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
SHEADY, Private Michael, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
SHENSTONE, Private Thomas, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
SHIPLEY, Private William, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
SHREEVE, Private Robert, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
SIBLEY, Private WIlliam, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
SIBLEY, Private William, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
SIMMONS, Captain Edward Reginald, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
SIMMONS, Private Henry, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
SIMMONS, Major James Egbert, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
SIMPSON, Private John, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
SIMS, Private Edward, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
SINNETT, Colour Sergeant James, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
SISK, Colour Sergeant John, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
SKINNER, Private Robert, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
SKIPPER, Private James, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
SKIPPER, Private Mayes, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
SKOYLES, Private Samuel, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
YARDY, Private James, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
YATES, Private Joseph, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
YOUNG, Private Samuel, 1st Bn. 5th Foot
YOUNGMAN, Private William, 1st Bn. 5th Foot

1859

McMANUS, Private Peter - KIA at Allahabad, India on 27 April 1859

1878-1880 - Second Afghan War

1896-1898 - Reconquest of the Sudan

Battle of Karthoum

TRAFFORD, Major Edward Le Marchant - 5th Northumberland Fusiliers - died 9 January 1888.

Grave at Rawalpindi - "Edward Le Marchant Trafford, Major 5th Northumberland Fusiliers. Son of the late Major General T.S. Trafford, who died Rawalpindi 9th January 1888. Aged 42 years."

1889-1902 - Boer War

BARCLAY, 2nd Lieutenant Charles Roger - 2/Northumberland Fusiliers - Killed near Reddersburg. 4 April 1900. Aged 22. Son of Charles Barclay, of Bayford. Born 9 Jan. 1878.

BOOTH, Major Arthur William Calvert - 1/Northumberland Fusiliers - Killed near Bloemfontein Water Works. 31 March 1900. Aged 32. Son of W. Booth. Born June 1867. Served Hazara 1888 (medal and clasp), the Niger 1897-8 (medal and clasp)

BRINE, Lieutenant Robert Walter Maxwell - Northumberland Fusiliers - Killed at Belmont. 23 Nov. 1899. Aged 24. Son of Colonel Bruce Brine (Royal Engineers). Born 23 June 1875. Served in the Nile expedition 1898 (medal and clasp).

Memorial in Royal Garrison Church, Portsmouth - "In loving memory of Edward Boaz Eagar: Captain and of Robert Walter Maxwell Brine Lieutenant, Fifth Fusiliers they served in the Soudan Expedition to Khartoum and at the Occupation of Crete in 1898-9 and were killed in action 23 Nov 1899 at Belmont S. Africa where they rest aged 39 and 24 respectively. Their death they were not divided."

BROWN, Private A.

CAMPBELL, Private J.

CASSON, Captain Ferdinand George - Northumberland Fusiliers M.I. - KIA at Reddersburg. 3 April 1900. Son of Rev. George Casson, of Torquay. Born March 1864.

COATES, Captain Frederick Raymond - 1/Nothumberland Fusiliers - KIA at Elandslaagte. 25 Feb. 1902. Aged 26. Educated at Cheltenham College. Son of Victor Coates, of Dunmurry, Antrim. Born May 1876. Served in the Sudan 1898 (medal, Khedives medal and bar).

COULSON, Private T.

CULLEN, Private R.

EAGAR, Captain Edward Boaz - 1/Northumberland Fusiliers - KIA at Belmont. 23 Nov. 1899. Aged 39. Son of Colonel Edward Hungerford Eagar (40th Foot) and Elizabeth Kelly. Born 7 April 1860. Served in the Nile expedition 1898 (medal and bar). He was killed by a wounded Boer who was holding a white flag.

Memorial at St. Peter's Church, Leckhampton, Cheltenham, Glos. - "Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth relict of Lieut Col. Edward Hungerford Eagar, 40th Regiment, and daughter of the late Denis Kelly, Esq. of Castle Kelly Co Galway Ireland died at Cheltenham, December 19th 1892. Also in loving memory of her son Edward Boaz Eagar, Captain in the 5th Fusiliers, who fell at the Battle of Belmont, S. Africa Nov. 23rd 1899, Aged 39 years."

Memorial in Royal Garrison Church, Portsmouth - "In loving memory of Edward Boaz Eagar: Captain and of Robert Walter Maxwell Brine Lieutenant, Fifth Fusiliers they served in the Soudan Expedition to Khartoum and at the Occupation of Crete in 1898-9 and were killed in action 23 Nov 1899 at Belmont S. Africa where they rest aged 39 and 24 respectively. Their death they were not divided."

EASTON, William

FLETCHER, Major Edward Walter - 1/Northumberland Fusiliers - KIA at Lichtenburg. 3 March 1901. Aged 36. Son of Colonel H.C. Fletcher, CMG (Scots Guards) and Lady Harriet Marsham. Born Jan. 1865. Educated at Cheltenham College. Served in Hazara 1888 (medal and bar).  

GREEN, Private G.

GRAHAM, Lieutenant Charles Noel Andrews - 3/Northumberland Fusiliers - Wounded near Koornfontein, 28 Aug. 1901. Died at Middleburg, 13 Oct. Aged 22. Son of Major-General F.W. Graham, of London. Born September 1879

HODSON, Private B.

HULL, 2nd Lieutenant Herbert Dauntesey - 1/Northumberland Fusiliers - KIA at Lichtenburg. 3 March 1901. Aged 23. Born March 1878.

JOHNSON, Private W.

KEITH-FALCONER, Lieutenant-Colonel Cecil Edward - 1/Northumberland Fusiliers - KIA in action near Belmont. 10 Nov. 1899. Aged 39. Eldest son of Major Charles J. Keith-Falconer (late 2nd Life Guards) and grandson of the 7th Earl of Kintore. Born, October 1860.

LAXEN, Corporal H.F.

LOAN, Private J.

McCARRICK, Private H.

NEILSON, Private E.

PITCHER, Private F.W.

QUIN, Lieutenant Henry George - 1/Northumberland Fusiliers - KIA at Elandslaagte. 25 Feb. 1902. Aged 20.

RAY, Major George Lake Sidney - 1/Northumberland Fusiliers - KIA at Magersfontein, 11 December 1899. Aged 30. Son of Surgeon-Colonel Sidney Ray, of Kent.

REDHEAD, Private M.

SINCLAIR, Corporal H.

STANTON, Lieutenant Harold John - 2nd Northumberland Fusiliers - Wounded at Nooitgedacht, 13 December 1900. Died at Pretoria, 30 December. Aged 22. Son of Captain F.R. Stanton (Royal Scots). Born December 1878

STEEL, Private J.

WAKEFIELD, Private E.

WAKEFIELD, Private W.J.

WAUGH, Private H.

1902-1913

1914-1918 - The Great War

The Northumberland Fusiliers (NF) raised more battalions during the war than any other of the regular army regiments - 51 in all - and its total of dead was the highest, 16000

ALLEN, Private John Cecil( 2602), 6th Bn. - died 26 April 1915
ARMSTRONG, Private J. (3356), 1st/6th Bn. - died 26 April 1915
ATKINSON, Private G. Arthur (3203), 1st/6th Bn. - died 26 April 1915
BROWN, Private T (1961), 1st/4th Bn. - died 26 April 1915
COXON, Private J. - died 16 June 1915
COXON, Private J. - died 28 October 1917
COXON, Private J.E. - died 9 April 1917
COXON, Private J.H. - died 29 September 1916
COXON, Private  O. - died 12 February 1917
COXON, Lance Corporal P. - died 15 September 1916
COXON, Private R.P. - died 1 July 1916
COXON, Second Lieutenant W.B. - died 11 April 1918
FELL, Corporal Thomas Hope (2148), 1st/7th Bn. -  died 26 April 1915
HARTLEY, Corporal William (1873), 1st/4th Bn. - died 26 April 1915
IRVING, Private Frederick (1365), 1st/7th Bn. - died 26 April 1915
LAMB, Private Peter (2901), "C" Coy. 1st/6th Bn. - died 26 April 1915
MERIVALE, Captain John William, 'A' Company 1/7th Bn. - KIA 15 September 1916
NAITBY, Private A. (2393), 1st/6th Bn. - died 26 April 1915
PROCTOR, Thomas William (37353), 20th (Tyneside Scottish) Bn. - KIA 9 April 1917
ROBSON, Corporal J. (339), 1st/4th Bn. - died 26 April 1915
SUTTON, Private A. (2330), 1st/6th Bn. - died 26 April 1915
WARDLE, Private Thomas (1000), 6th Bn. - died 26 April 1915
WRIGHT, George (17175), 8th Bn.- KIA 17 December 1915
YOULL, Second Lieutenant John Scott, VC, 1st Bn. - KIA 27 October 1918 at River Piave, Italy

1919-1938

PRICKETT, Major F.C., CBE, MC - died 3 December 1934.

Grave at Evangelical Presbyterian Cemetery, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana - "Major F.C.Prickett CBE, MC, Assistant Commissioner, Gold Coast Police, late 5th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers and Gold Coast Regiment, RWAFF. Killed in a motor accident near Peki on 3 Dec 1934, aged 39 years."

1939-1945 - World War II

The Roll of Honour lists 895 dead, two VCs were awarded and 29 Battle Honours.

Dunkirk (1940), Caen, Rhineland, Sidi Barrani, Defense of Tobruk, Tobruk (1941), Cauldron, El Alamein, Salerno, Monte Cassino.

HARVEY, Sergeant Thomas Henry (4256659), 30th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, aged 43 years. The husband of Violet Harvey, Gateshead, Co.Durham. Died 4th June 1944

1946-1949

1950-1953 - KOREA

Imjin

BROWNE, Fusilier A.R. - KIA 30 November 1950. Aged 31
GAVILLET, Fusilier C.F. - KIA 30 November 1950. Aged 32
MARTIN, Corporal T.W. - KIA 30 November 1950. Aged 29
PHILLIPS, Fusilier J.W. - KIA 30 November 1950. Aged 29
THIRKETTLE, Corporal D. - KIA 30 November 1950. Aged 22
BAILEY, Corporal C. - KIA 03 January 1951. Aged 22
BATES, Sergeant J. - KIA 03 January 1951. Aged 38
BATEY, Fusilier J.W. - KIA 03 January 1951. Aged 31
CANNON, Fusilier J.W. - KIA 03 January 1951. Aged 24
CUE, Fusilier R.V. - KIA 03 January 1951. Aged 29
FAIL, Fusilier F.W.A. - KIA 03 January 1951. Aged 25
FITZ-GIBBON, Lieut. G.M.  - KIA 03 January 1951. Aged 22
JACKSON, Fusilier R.E.S. - KIA 03 January 1951. Aged 29
McNALLY, Fusilier T.H. - KIA 03 January 1951. Aged 30
MILWARD, Major C.C.G. - KIA 03 January 1951. Aged 42
ROOMES, Fusilier E.W. - KIA 03 January 1951. Aged 26
SEAMAN, Fusilier J.A. - KIA 03 January 1951. Aged 27
SHARPE, L/Corporal C. - KIA 03 January 1951. Aged 30
JACKSON, Sergeant D. - KIA 04 January 1951. Aged 36
McINTOSH, A/Corporal A. - KIA 04 January 1951. Aged 27
MURRAY, Fusilier K.G. - KIA 04 January 1951. Aged 24
WILLIAMSON, Sergeant J.H. - KIA 03 January 1951, Aged 35
FITZGIBBON, 2nd Lieutenant G.M. - KIA 3 January 1951. Aged 22.
FOSTER, Lieutenant-Colonel K.O.N., D.S.O., O.B.E. - KIA 25 April 1951. Aged 44.
MILWARD, Major C.C.G. - killed  3 January 1951. Aged 42.
PICKERING, Fusilier H. - KIA 05 January 1951. Aged 29
McALEESE, Corporal E. - KIA 23 January 1951. Aged 22
LUDLAW, Fusilier S. - KIA 13 April 1951. Aged 28
CURRY, Fusilier F.A. - KIA 23 April 1951. Aged 33.
EKE, Fusilier A. - KIA 23 April 1951. Aged 34.
FOSTER, Fusilier K. - KIA 23 April 1951. Aged 22
HAMER, L/Corporal H. - KIA 23 April 1951. Aged 31
McDONALD, Fusilier J. - KIA 23 April 1951. Aged 29
OLDFIELD, L/Corporal D. - KIA 23 April 1951. Aged 21
DONALD, Sergeant R.A. - KIA 24 April 1951. Aged 25
ANGUS, Fusilier P. - KIA 25 April 1951. Aged 22
BLOORE, Fusilier T. E. - KIA 25 April 1951. Aged 19
BROADWAY, Fusilier S. D. - KIA 25 April 1951. Aged 23
COX, Fusilier B. L. - KIA 25 April 1951. Aged 30
FORD, Fuselier R. G. - KIA 25 April 1951. Aged 21
FOSTER, Lieut Colonel K. O. N.  DSO OBE  - KIA 25 April 1951. Aged 44
KAIN, L/ Corporal J. - KIA 25 April 1951 . Aged 29
LANGLEY, Fusilier D. - KIA 25 April 1951. Aged 23
SADLER, Fusilier G. - KIA 25 April 1951. Aged 19
SHARP, Fusilier T. - KIA 25 April 1951. Aged 29
TAMBYLN, Fusilier D.E. - KIA 25 April 1951. Aged 23
TAYLOR, Fusilier J. - KIA 25 April 1951 20
THORTON, L/Corporal G.A. - KIA 25 April 1951 19
WALKER, Fusilier L. - KIA 25 April 1951. Aged 23
WALNE, Fusilier T. - KIA 25 April 1951. Aged 25
WELLMAN, Fusilier W.C. - KIA 25 April 1951. Aged 30
WINTERSGILL, Fusilier K. - KIA 25 April 1951. Aged 19
KINNE, Fusilier Derek Godfrey - POW 25 April 1951
SUGDEN, Fusilier R. - KIA 26 April 1951. Aged 19
WINTERTON, Fusilier R. - KIA 28 April 1951. Aged 19
BASTABLE, Fusilier L. - KIA 03 May 1951. Aged 25
CATCHPOLE, Fusilier M. - KIA 03 May 1951. Aged 19
PEDLEY, Fusilier J.H. - KIA 20 June 1951. Aged 31
GREEN, Corporal E.J. - KIA 29 June 1951. Aged 29
SOUTH, Fusilier R. - KIA 20 September 1951. Aged 19
BUCKTHORPE, Fusilier C.H. - KIA 06 October 1951. Aged 24
GASPER, Fusilier T.H. - KIA 06 October 1951. Aged 22
CORBETT, Fusilier I. - KIA 06 October 1951. Aged 34
BUTTON, Fusilier J.O. - KIA 06 October 1951. Aged 19
KEENAN, Fusilier H. - KIA 06 October 1951. Aged 22
LEONARD, Fusilier C.G. - KIA 06 0ctober 1951. Aged 39
SMITH, Sergeant K. - KIA 06 0ctober 1951. Aged 22
WALLS, Corporal G.Y. - KIA 06 0ctober 1951. Aged 26
WILLIAMSON, Fusilier A. - KIA 06 0ctober 1951. Aged 19
BROADHEAD, Fusilier D. - KIA 07 0ctober 1951. Aged 24
BROTHERSTON, Fusilier A. - KIA 07 0ctober 1951. Aged 19
COOPER, Fusilier G. - KIA 07 0ctober 1951. Aged 20
HOGDSON, Fusilier G. - KIA 07 0ctober 1951. Aged 25
VICKERS, Fusilier F. - KIA 07 0ctober 1951. Aged 25
GERARD, Fusilier J. - KIA 17 October 1951. Aged 30
JAMES, Fusilier A. - KIA 01 November 1951. Aged 31
KENYON, Fusilier F. - KIA 05 November 1951. Aged 26
SHEPPARD, Fusilier H. - KIA 20 November 1951. Aged 21.
EARDLEY, Fusilier R.J. (attached Royal Leicester) - KIA 20 November 1951. Aged 22.
KILLEEN, Private M. - KIA 28 April 1952. Aged 21.

1954-1965

1967 June 20 - Aden
Major J.W. Moncur (P/416130) - KIA
2nd Lt J.A.H. Davies (P/481759) - KIA
WO2 P.M. Hoare (22997006) - KIA
L/Cpl T. Liddell (23854110) - KIA
Fusilier G.T. Hoult (23873711) - KIA
Fusilier W.N. Crombie (24005920) - KIA
Fusilier C.T. Symth (24093880) - KIA
Fusilier L. Stewart (24080875) - KIA
Fusilier B.H. Wyllie - KIA

1967 June 20 - Aden
Corporal Terry Beal - WIA

1967 -2002

1991 July 1 Debate in Parliament - "When the conflict started in Korea we sent our troops out with tropical equipment. It never dawned on the silly farts to check the temperature in that part of the world. British troops were fighting in atrocious, bitter conditions and had it not been for the generosity of the Americans who were so well-equipped we would have had severe casualties. They would have been caused not by being shot at by the enemy, but by succumbing to the weather conditions. What about the confrontation in Malaysia? Again, we were ill- equipped and had it not been for the incompetence of the communist insurgents in some areas we could have been faced with a long conflict. Some of us can remember Aden. An ill-led attack--if that is the right word- -was made in a part of that colony that was then ours. That resulted in the men being sent in with a bad communications system as the signalling equipment was out of date. The weapons given to those men were not their own ; they had been left somewhere else. As a result of bad leadership many were killed, including many from the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers."

2003

TURRINGTON, Fusilier Kelan John - KIA on 6 April 2003 at Basrah, Iraq.  Awarded a posthumous Mention in Despatches in the Operational Honours published on 31 October 2003 in recognition of the gallantry he displayed during the assault on an enemy trench that cost him his life.

2005

1st Battalion currently located in Celle, Germany.  They return to Iraq in November 2005.

2nd Battalion is currently in Palace Barracks, Belfast, Northern Ireland.  Possible deployment to Cyprus in 2006. 

Bibliography of 5th Foot

Anonymous. "The Storming of Badajoz" published in William Maxwell's Peninsular Sketches; by Actors on the Scene Cambridge : Ken Trotman; 1998. Two Volumes; 389 and 399 pages. Notes: Volume I; Pages 288 - 292; 2nd Battalion.

Morley, Stephen. Memoirs of a Sergeant of the 5th Regiment of Foot, containing an Account of His Service, in Hanover, South America, and the Peninsula Cambridge: Ken Trotman; 1999. 123 pages. ISBN: 0-946879-82-6

Notes: Served in 1806 expedition to Buenes Aires; Peninsula from 1808 - 1813; Rolica, Vimiero, Corunna Campaign where he was captured. Escaped and made his way to Portugal. Assigned to 2nd Battalion of Detachments until after Talavera. Returned to England in October 1809. Returned to Peninsula in 1812. Was invalided from retreat of 1812 and returned to England in early 1813.

Ridge, Henry. "Affair of El Bodon" published in William Maxwell's Peninsular Sketches; by Actors on the Scene Cambridge : Ken Trotman; 1998. Two Volumes; 389 and 399 pages.

Notes: Vol 1; Pages 218 - 224. Was battalion commander.

Ridge, Henry. "Private Letter" Eyewitness Accounts of the Storming of Ciudad Rodrigo. Cambridge: Ken Trotman Military Monographs 28; 2004. Pages 6 -9.

Notes: Was in the 2nd Battalion. Ridge led one of the assault columns. Contains copy of the original order given to the battalion for the assault. Superb account of the assault.

Vere, Charles Broke. Marches, Movements, and Operations, of the 4th Division of the Allied Army, in Spain and Portugal, in the Years 1810, 1811, & 1812 Ipswich: R. Deck; 1841. 44 pages.

Notes: Was a major in the 5th Regiment 4 February 1808; made brevet lieutenant colonel on 27 April 1812. Served as the assistant quartermaster-general of the 4th Division from 7 Febraruy 1811. Last entry is 28 November 1812.

Regimental Journal:

St. George's gazette. 1883-1968.

Full Histories:

Wood, Walter. The Northumberland Fusiliers. London : G. Richards, 1901. (British regiments in war and peace)

Walker, H. M., Miss. A history of the Northumberland fusiliers, 1674-1902. London : J. Murray, 1919.

Cooper, H. What the Fusiliers did : an account of the part taken by the 1st Battalion, 5th Northumberland Fusiliers in the Afghan campaigns of 1878-79 and 1879-80. Lahore : printed by Ram Das at the Civil and Military Press, 1880.

Baxter, Paddy; and Masters, John (John Walton). Fusilier Geordie : tales from the Fifth, (Royal Northumberland) Fusiliers 1944 to 1968. Edinburgh : Pentland Press, 1997. ISBN: 1858214882

Martin, John. K Force : to the sharp-end. Leamington Spa : Korvet, 1999. ISBN: 0951775073 [Korean War]

Wood, Denis (Denis Roland). The Fifth Fusiliers and its Badges. London : D. R. Wood, 1988. ISBN: 0951328506

Short Histories:

Cannon, Richard J. 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. London : Clowes, 1838. (Historical records of the British Army )

Northumberland Fusiliers : extracts from the digest of service, Fifth Fusiliers, in continuation of Cannon's historical record, 1837-1910. Gharial : Fifth Fusiliers Printing Press, 1911.

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. London : Printed by Howard, Jones and Parkes, 1873.

The Northumberland Fusiliers. London : C.P. Sisley, 1915. (The stories of our regiments)

Brewis, Alfred. The Northumberland Fusiliers : ("The Fighting Fifth") ... Newcastle-upon-Tyne (England:] Privately printed ... by Alfred Brewis, 1915.

Pratt, Reinald Michael. Summary of the history and traditions of "The Fifth" The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Newcastle-upon-Tyne : J. & P. Beals, 1950.

Wooll, G. A Short History of the 5th Fusiliers from 1674 to 1911. Newcastle-upon-Tyne : J. & P. Beals, 1934.

Peacock, Basil. The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (the 5th Regiment of Foot). London : Leo Cooper Ltd., 1970. ISBN: 0850520282 (Famous regiments)

The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers : summary of the history and traditions of 'The Fifth' The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, 1674-1967. [s.l. : s.n.], 1967.

Pratt, Reginald Michael. The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers: story of "The Fifth" and an account of the regimental museum housed in the Abbot's Tower, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland. Derby : English Life, 1971. ISBN: 0851010199

Pratt, Reginald Michael; and Newbery, Sydney W. The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers : story of "The Fifth" and an account of the Regimental Museum housed in the Abbot's Tower, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland. Derby : English Life Publications, 1981. ISBN: 0851011772

1st Battalion 5th Fusiliers, Rawalpindi 1910. Paris : Evrard, 1910.

2nd Battalion, Fifth Fusiliers, Fyzabad, 1924. Aldershot : Gale & Polden, 1934.

Farrier, G.N. Catalogue of the regimental and Foster collection of medals in the regimental museum of the Royal Northumberland fusiliers, Fenham barracks, Newcastle upon Tyne. [Newcastle upon Tyne : s.n.], 1956.

Militia:

Adamson, William. Notices of the services of the 27th Northumberland Light Infantry Militia, now 3rd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, with a brief account of several local corps of volunteers which were enrolled in the county of Northumberland and in the town and county of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, during the war with France, toward the close of the present century. Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Robert Robinson, 1877.

Adamson, William; and Scott, Robert, eds. The services of the 27th Northumberland light infantry militia, now 3rd battalion Northumberland fusiliers... and continued up to the present time. Newcastle-upon-Tyne : A. Reid, 1914. "Part I reprinted from volume issued in 1877."

Territorials/Volunteers:

Hicks, J.G. The volunteers of a hundred years ago, with a description of the Corps formed in Northumberland and Newcastle-on-Tyne. Newcastle-on-Tyne : printed for private circulation by The North of England Volunteer Service Association, 1904.

First World War:

Sandilands, Harold Richard. The Fifth in the Great War : A History of the 1st & 2nd Northumberland Fusiliers, 1914-1918. Dover : G.W. Grigg and Son, 1938.

Bunbury, W. J. A diary of an officer : with the 4th Northumberland Fusiliers, in France and Flanders, from April 20th to May 24th, 1915. Hexham : J. Catherall, 1915.

Callin, R. Wilfrid. When the lantern of hope burned low : the story of the 1/4 Northumberland Fusiliers (T. F.) during the German offensives of March, April, May, 1918. [s.l.:] R. W. Callin, J. Catherall), [1918?]

Buckley, F. War history of the Seventh Northumberland Fusiliers. Newcastle-upon-Tyne : T.M. Grierson, 1919.

Cooke, Charles Herbert. Historical records of the 9th (Service) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England : Council of the Newcastle and Gateshead Incorporated Chamber of Commerce, 1928. (Histories of the Northumberland Fusiliers, v. 1)

Cooke, C. H. Historical records of the 16th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Published for private distribution by the Council of the Newcastle and Gateshead, Chamber of commerce, 1923. (Histories of the Northumberland Fusiliers. v. 2)

Shakespear, John. A record of the 17th and 32nd Service battalions : Northumberland Fusiliers (N.E.R.) Pioneers, 1914- 1919. Newcastle upon Tyne : Northumberland Press, 1926.

The 17th (Service) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (N.E.R.) (Pioneers) : an account of the Battalion's formation and training for six months, September, 1914, to February, 1915. York : Northeastern Railway Magazine ; London : The Railway Gazette, 1915.

Shakespear, John. Historical records of the 18th (Service) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (Pioneers). New-Castle-on-Tyne : Printed for private distribution by the Council of the Newcastle and Gateshead Chamber of Commerce, 1920. (Histories of the Northumberland Fusiliers, v. 3)

Cooke, C. H. Historical records of the 19th Service Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (Pioneers). Newcastle on Tyne : Plymouth : Council of the Newcastle & Gateshead ; Mayflower Press, 1920. (Histories of the Northumberland Fusiliers, v. 4)

Keating, Joseph. Irish heroes in the war. London : Everett & Co., 1917. [24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, and 30th Bns, Tyneside Irish] Sheen, John. Tyneside Irish : 24th, 25th & 26th & 27th (Service) battalions of the Northumberland Fusiliers, a history of the Tyneside Irish Brigade raised in the North East in World War One. Barnsley, England : Pen & Sword Books, 1998. ISBN: 085052587X

Second World War:

Barclay, C. N. (Cyril Nelson). The history of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in the Second World War. London, : Published for the Regimental History Committee, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, by W. Clowes, 1952.

Mather, T. I.; and Van der Gucht, H.B. A history of No. 1 Indep M.G. Coy, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers int e campaign in N.W. Europe, 1944-45. [s.l. : s.n., ca. 1945] 

Korea:

Perrins, Anthony R.D.  ‘A Petty Rough do Altogether’: The Fifth Fusiliers in Korea - 1950-1951 - Hardcover 431 pages (April 23, 2004) Publisher: The Trustees of the Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland ISBN: 0954719204