The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers - (***MODERATORS' CHOICE)

[Graham Stewart]

1st Bn - Xmas 1949 - with the new Colours.

[Graham Stewart]

RNF Machine Gun Training Centre, Fenham Barracks 1939-45. This card came with two different insides.

Coloured.

Edited September 2, 2008 by Graham Stewart

[Graham Stewart]

And plain.

[Graham Stewart]

RNF Depot 1950's

[Graham Stewart]

1960's

[Graham Stewart]

Another 1960's version.

One half plain, the other half printed.

[Graham Stewart]

Not forgetting the TA. 4th Bn - Xmas 1939.

[Graham Stewart]

Possibly 5th Bn as the 5th Bn Colours are shown on the interior.

[Graham Stewart]

6th Bn - Very much like TI's but sporting '43' for 43rd Tank Regt.

[Graham Stewart]

7th Bn.

Edited September 2, 2008 by Graham Stewart

[Graham Stewart]

RNF TA - Xmas 1936.

Hopefully my St.Georges Gazettes will confirm the identity of the Bn.

[Graham Stewart]

7th Bn - Xmas 1961.

[leigh kitchen]

Ah, I collect old military christmas cards, don't think I've got much in the way of NF ones though.......

[Graham Stewart]

Leigh,

It would be nice to see any additional NF Xmas that aren't illustrated here. As for that TA 1936 card the St.Georges Gazette for that year doesn't have the officers group photo's in it, so I haven't identified the Bn.

We also have the regimental journal, but the covers changed over time this is a much later edition.

Edited September 3, 2008 by Graham Stewart

[Graham Stewart]

Plus ones which are rarely seen. Not sure how many editions this 'newspaper' for 3rd Ind MG Coy ran to, but I know that there is No.1, 2 & 3.

[Graham Stewart]

You also have 34th Div Year Book, which ran for many, many years after the Great War. A very informative booklet, which was used extensively when John Sheen & I wrote "Tyneside Scottish".

[Graham Stewart]

An ealier St.Georges Gazette with an unusual coloured cover. Ones ealier than this had a green cover but I'm unable to find one.

[leigh kitchen]

Picked up at Greenwch Market a few weeks ago, "The Officers, 2/5th Fusiliers, St. George's Day".

Presumably taken the same day or a year or so either side of the photograph shown in post no. 57.

This card is one of "The Wellington Series".

[leigh kitchen]

Alex Baker's Card AB30/6 "Colours of the Royal Northumberland Fusilers":

[leigh kitchen]

David J Hunter's "Infantry Regimental Colours" 1st Series of "The Royal Northumberland Fusilers:

Regimental Colour The 5th (Northumberland) Regiment of Foot c 1807.

Taken from "British Infantry Colours" by Dino Lemonfides.

Edited October 15, 2008 by leigh kitchen

[leigh kitchen]

First or Royal Colour The 5th (Northumberland) (Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot c 1807.

Taken from "British Colours & Standards" by Summer & Hook:

[leigh kitchen]

Royal Colour Northumberland Light Infantry Militia 1867 - 1909.

The Royal Colour of a pair of Colours presented by Louisa, Countess Percy, at Alnwick in August 1867.

Taken from a colour photograph of the actual colour:

[leigh kitchen]

The Queen's Colour 7th Battalion TA 1961 - 1978.

Presented to the Battalion at Alnwick Castle in September 1961 & laid up at the castle in 1978.

Taken from the actual colour:

[leigh kitchen]

The Regimental Colour 7th Battalion TA 1961 - 78.

Taken from the actual colour:

Edited October 25, 2009 by leigh kitchen

[leigh kitchen]

The Drummer's Colour 2nd Battalion 1914 - 1948.

The pike originally carried the Regimental Colour in 1857.

Taken from the actual Colour at Alnwick Castle: