A very moving story, my Grandfather Major Bill Potts was his Company Commander in the 7th Bn Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. He managed to escape from St Valery via Marseilles and North Africa.

Quo Fata Vocant (Regimental Motto of The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) “This story was submitted to the People’s War site by a volunteer from Cleveland on behalf of Robert Hogg, and has been ...

The Northumberland Fusiliers, an infantry regiment in the British army, lost 1,644 men on the first day of the Somme. Organisers behind the project are appealing for volunteers to help out on the day.

Watch: Northumberland Fusiliers visit Belgian battlefields. Watch: North East group pays tribute to soldiers with no known grave. They have also visited battlefields and cemeteries around Belgium, ...

I was attached to the 10th Northumberland Fusiliers but they were on duty in Egypt so we were billeted in Barnard Castle in Durham. I was secretary to Major Hesaltine of the DLI.

Organised by the Royal Regiment Fusiliers Association Northumberland, a group of over 100 people is on the continent this week to commemorate the anniversary. First though, ...

The sound of bag pipes filled Newcastle as the Northumberland Fusiliers paid tribute to fallen Irish soldiers on St Patrick's Day The sound of bag pipes filled Newcastle as the Northumberland ...

The seven men served together in 11th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, and died within days of each other during the bloody Battle of Passchendaele in October 1917.