Northumberland Fusiliers

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British Army regiment infantry regiment line infantry regiment

The Northumberland Fusiliers were a historic line infantry regiment of the British Army, renowned for their service in numerous campaigns from the 17th to the 20th century.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 4

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army regiment ⓘ
infantry regiment ⓘ
line infantry regiment ⓘ
alliedWith British Empire GENERATED ⓘ
amalgamatedInto Royal Regiment of Fusiliers GENERATED ⓘ
amalgamationDate 23 April 1968 GENERATED ⓘ
battleHonour Alma GENERATED ⓘ
Gallipoli GENERATED ⓘ
Inkerman GENERATED ⓘ
Mons GENERATED ⓘ
Sevastopol GENERATED ⓘ
Somme GENERATED ⓘ
Ypres GENERATED ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateEstablished 1 November 1674 ⓘ
1674 ⓘ
disbandedAsSeparateRegiment 1968 GENERATED ⓘ
enteredBritishService 1674 ⓘ
garrison Fenham Barracks NERFINISHED ⓘ
Newcastle upon Tyne NERFINISHED ⓘ
nickname The Fighting Fifth NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Blenheim GENERATED ⓘ
Battle of Minden GENERATED ⓘ
Battle of Salamanca GENERATED ⓘ
Battle of Waterloo GENERATED ⓘ
participatedIn American War of Independence GENERATED ⓘ
Crimean War GENERATED ⓘ
First World War GENERATED ⓘ
French Revolutionary Wars GENERATED ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Nine Years' War GENERATED ⓘ
Second Boer War GENERATED ⓘ
Second World War GENERATED ⓘ
Seven Years' War GENERATED ⓘ
War of the Austrian Succession GENERATED ⓘ
War of the Spanish Succession GENERATED ⓘ
placeEstablished Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor 5th (Northumberland) Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
5th Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
raisedFor Dutch service ⓘ
receivedRoyalTitleFrom King George V NERFINISHED ⓘ
recruitedFrom Newcastle upon Tyne GENERATED ⓘ
Northumberland GENERATED ⓘ
regimentalColour St George's cross with regimental devices GENERATED ⓘ
regimentalMarch The British Grenadiers GENERATED ⓘ
regimentalNumber 5th Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalTitleChangeDate 1935 ⓘ
regimentalTitleChangedTo Royal Northumberland Fusiliers NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalTitleGranted Northumberland Fusiliers NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalTitleGrantedDate 1881 ⓘ
role infantry ⓘ
successor Royal Regiment of Fusiliers NERFINISHED ⓘ
type line infantry ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fusilier feather hackle → associatedWith → Northumberland Fusiliers ⓘ
Fusilier flaming grenade badge → associatedWith → Northumberland Fusiliers ⓘ
1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers → formedFrom → Northumberland Fusiliers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
5th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers → formedFrom → Northumberland Fusiliers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
Northumbrian infantry tradition → hasHeritage → Northumberland Fusiliers ⓘ
Northumbrian infantry tradition → hasHeritage → Northumberland Fusiliers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
Battle of Graspan → involvedUnit → Northumberland Fusiliers ⓘ
5th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers → notablePredecessorUnit → Northumberland Fusiliers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
Battle of Belmont → notableUnit → Northumberland Fusiliers ⓘ