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Did your ancestor serve with the ‘Fighting Fifth’ during the Boer War or the First World War? Discover your ancestor through this index taken from over 70 sources. You will find their military history, enlistment date and place, medals received and if they were wounded in battle.
The transcripts were created by Graham Stewart. The information comes from over 70 sources including medal rolls, service records, medal index cards, battalion histories and St George’s Gazette, the regimental paper.
This infantry regiment was first formed in 1674 and in order of regimental precedence was the 5th Regiment of Foot. In 1782 it received regional distinction and became the 5th (the Northumberland) Regiment of Foot. On St George’s Day 1836 the Fusiliers title - 5th Regiment of Foot (Northumberland Fusiliers) – was added and from 1 July 1881, as a result of changes introduced by Lord Cardwell and latterly Secretary of War, Hugh Childers, the regimental number was lost and the regiment became simply The Northumberland Fusiliers.
The names in these records include men who fought in the Fourth Ashanti War (1895-1896), Sudan, Boer War, North West Frontier and First World War. The regiment received battle honours for Modder River and South Africa during the second Boer War. By the First World War, the Northumberland Fusiliers was the second largest infantry regiment in the British Army – the London Regiment was the largest. During the Great War, the regiment received 67 battle honours with 5 Victoria Crosses awarded for gallantry. Over 16,000 infantrymen lost their lives during the conflict. During the interwar years, the regiment was given a ‘royal’ prefix and became the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Today, a Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland is located in Abbot’s Tower, part of Alnwick Castle.
Nicknames for the regiment include: Fighting Fifth, The Shiners, Wellington's Bodyguards and Old and the bold. Their motto is ‘Quo Fata Vocant,’ which means ‘Whither the Fates call.’
Abbreviations - Rank
| Rank | |
|---|---|
| a-; a/; T/ | Acting or Temporary Rank - i.e. a/SGT |
| AB | Able Bodied Seaman |
| CLR/SGT | Colour Sergeant |
| CPL | Corporal |
| CQMS | Company Quartermaster Sergeant |
| CSM | Company Sergeant Major |
| L/CPL | Lance Corporal |
| L/SGT | Lance Sergeant |
| LS | Leading Seaman |
| OS | Ordinary Seaman |
| PO | Petty Officer |
| PTE | Private |
| RSM | Regimental Sergeant Major |
| SGT | Sergeant |
| WOI or WOII | Warrant Officer 1st Class or 2nd Class |
Abbreviations - Battalion
| Battalion | |
|---|---|
| (H.S.)GSN | (Home Service) Garrison - Battalion or Company |
| (Y.S.) | (Young Soldier) Battalion |
| BN or Bn | Battalion |
Abbreviations - Birthplace
| Birthplace | |
|---|---|
| I.O.M. | Isle of Man |
Abbreviations - Source
| Source | |
|---|---|
| (S.T.H.) | "Sick to Hospital" (from 1/6th Battalion War Diary) |
| 1/4th BOOK | Book-"When Lantern of Hope, Burned Low" |
| 16H | 16th Battalion History |
| 17H | 17th Battalion History |
| 18H | 18th Battalion History |
| 19H | 19th Battalion History |
| 7H | 7th Battalion History |
| 7RB | 'D' Company 1/7th Roll Book |
| 9H | 9th Battalion History |
| 14/15SR | 1914-15 Star Medal Roll |
| ACG | Alnwick & County Gazette |
| AL | Army List of Officers |
| APM | Assistant Provost Marshall Reports |
| AUSTA | Australian Archive Records |
| AVL | Absent Voters List |
| AWOL | Absent Without Leave |
| B108D | Section 'D' Discharge Certificate |
| B2079 | Discharge Certificate 1920s |
| BJB | British Jewry Book |
| BO | Battalion Part II Orders |
| CIVS | Book - "Civilian Soldier" by George Harbottle formerly 1/6th Battalion |
| CRB | Company Roll Book |
| DA | Durham Advertiser |
| DYCH | Newcastle Daily Chronicle |
| EL | Red Cross 'Enquiry Lists' |
| EBAY | Medals seen on Ebay |
| FAMILY | Details from Family |
| GWF | Great War Forum |
| IC | Illustrated Chronicle |
| IH | Book - 'Irish Heroes in the War' |
| JIM | Jim Parker - M.G.C. Researcher |
| JSC | John Sheen collection (researched named post cards) |
| L.G. | Lewis Gun |
| LG | London Gazette |
| M/CARD | Memorial Card (Bromilow Collection) |
| M/L | Dealers Medal List |
| MH106 | Public Record Office Medical Health Records (MH106) |
| MIC | Medal Index Cards |
| MR | British War Medal & Victory Medal Roll Books |
| NC | Newcastle Chronicle |
| NDJ | Newcastle Daily Journal |
| NE | Northern Echo |
| NER/ROH | North Eastern Railways Roll of Honour |
| NERM | North Eastern Railway Magazine |
| NJ | Newcastle Journal |
| NROH | National Roll of Honour |
| OCA FORM | Old Comrades Association Form |
| OCAF | Old Contemptible Application Form |
| ODGW | Officers Died in the Great War |
| PC | Post Card in Collection |
| PG | Police Gazette |
| PHOTO | Photograph in my collection |
| PHOTO (ALG) | Photo (Alnwick Gazette) |
| PMFL | Princess Mary’s Fund List |
| POEM | Wrote Poem |
| PSR | Petty Sessions Register (Letter indicates court-e.g. PSRN = Newcastle) |
| PWR | Pre-War Regular |
| QM | Quaysider Magazine |
| RB | Roll Book |
| RDCMR | Royal Defence Corps Medal Rolls |
| RECORDS | Burnt & Unburnt Attestation Papers |
| RGSRB | Royal Grammar School, Newcastle - Roll Book |
| RNDR | Royal Naval Division Records |
| SAD | Book-"Shot at Dawn" |
| SDGW | Soldiers Died in the Great War |
| SDRH | Smith's Dock Roll of Honour |
| SGG | St George’s Gazette |
| SGG(PHOTO) | Photo in St George’s Gazette |
| SHROH | Sheffield Roll of Honour |
| SR | Service Records |
| SRB | Section Roll Book |
| SWB | Silver War Badge Rolls |
| TCMR | Tank Corps Medal Rolls |
| WGR | Commonwealth War Graves Register |
Abbreviations - Discharge
| Discharge | |
|---|---|
| KIA | Killed in Action |
| POW | Prisoner of War |
| WD | War Diary (Number indicates the battalion - 9WD etc) |
Abbreviations - Notes
| Notes | |
|---|---|
| A.C.E. | Army Certificate of Education |
| Att'd | Attached |
| C.C.S. | Casualty Clearing Station |
| C.o.E. | Certificate of Education |
| Coy | Company |
| D.C.M. | Distinguished Conduct Medal |
| F.G.C.M. | Field General Court Martial |
| F.P.No.1 | Field Punishment and the number |
| G.C.B. | Good Conduct Badge |
| G.C.P. | Good Conduct Pay |
| GSW | Gun Shot Wound |
| I.B.D. | Infantry Base Depot |
| I.G.S.M. | Indian General Service Medal |
| L.S.G.C. | Long Service Good Conduct Medal |
| L.T.M.B. | Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| M.C. | Military Cross |
| M.G.Coy | Machine Gun Company |
| M.I.D. | Mentioned in Despatches |
| M.M. | Military Medal |
| M.M.(France) | French Medal Militaire - also awarded by Belgium & Italy |
| M.S.M. | Meritorious Service Medal |
| MIA | Missing in Action |
| N.W.F. | Medal Clasp - North West Frontier |
| O.O.M. | Order of Merit - a Regimental distinction |
| Pltn | Platoon |
| PTI | Physical Training Instructor |
| S.O.M. | School of Musketry |
| S.O.S. | Struck off Strength |
| S.R.L.S.G.C. | Special Reserve Long Service Good Conduct Medal |
| Sect'n | Section |
| T.E.M. | Territorial Efficiency Medal |
| T.O.S. | Taken on Strength |
| T.R.B. | Training Reserve Battalion |
| TBE | Transferred Before Embarkation |
| W&MIA | Wounded & Missing in Action |
| W&POW | Wounded & Prisoner of War |
| W.A.F.F. | West African Field Force |
| Z21 | Discharge Certificate 1919 |