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Our regular unit, The 1st Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers is based at Tidworth. Our Reserves unit, the 5th Battalion is based in Newcastle (Northumbria), Bury (Lancashire), Sheldon (Warwickshire) and Balham (London).
Currently, the regiment has two battalions: the 1st Battalion, part of the Regular Army, is an armoured infantry battalion based in Tidworth, Wiltshire, and the 5th Battalion, part of the Army Reserve, recruits in the traditional fusilier recruiting areas across England.
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Red over White. The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army. Raised in 1674 as one of three 'English' units in the Dutch Anglo-Scots Brigade, it accompanied William III to England in the November 1688 Glorious Revolution and became part of the English establishment in 1689.
On St George’s Day in 1836, it was designated a fusilier unit, becoming the 5th Regiment of Foot (Northumberland Fusiliers). From then on, it wore a badge featuring a flaming grenade. It was also allowed to incorporate its ‘ancient badge’, an image of St George slaying a dragon.
The Regiment is made up of two battalions – First Fusiliers, based at Tidworth, who are equipped with the WARRIOR Armoured Infantry fighting vehicle. And Fifth Fusiliers who specialise in light role operations and are based in Newcastle, with sub-units throughout England.
Origins. This unit was formed in 1968 by amalgamating the four regiments of the Fusilier Brigade: The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) and The Lancashire Fusiliers . Each of the new unit’s four battalions continued the traditions of one of the predecessor regiments ...
May 3, 2022 · The Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers is a scion society — an informal offshoot — of a New York City-based organization founded in 1934 called the Baker Street Irregulars. The Irregulars in the Holmes stories were Victorian street urchins that the fictional detective employed to gather information about London crimes and criminals.
