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Note:This
is a battalion history of the Regular Army. See the main regimental
page for full lineage and other information.
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Colour Key
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| 1674 | Viscount
Clare's Regiment raised at Bois-le-Duc (North Brabant) for Dutch service |
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| 1674 | Flanders: Franco-Dutch war | English Bde | |
| 1685 | England | ||
| 1685 | Flanders | ||
| 1688 | England | transferred to English service | |
| 1690 | Ireland: Jacobite war | aaa | |
| 1691 | England | ||
| 1692 | sea service | ||
| 1693 | Flanders | ||
| 1697 | England | ||
| 1698 | Ireland | ||
| 1707 | Iberian Peninsula | aaa | |
| 1712 | Gibraltar | garrison duty | |
| 1714 | Gibraltar | ||
| 1719 | Gibraltar | ||
| 1720 | Gibraltar | ||
| 1727 | Gibraltar | ||
| 1728 | Ireland | ||
| 1751 | 5th Regiment of Foot | ||
| 1751 | Ireland | ||
| 1755 | England | ||
| 1757.07 | Isle of Wight | ||
| 1757.09.08 | at sea | ||
| 1757.09.23 | French coast: Rochefort | ||
| 1757.10.01 | at sea | ||
| 1757.10 | England | ||
| 1758.05 | Isle of Wight | ||
| 1758.06.01 | at sea | ||
| 1758.06.05 | French coast | ||
| 1758.06.07 | at sea | several raids aborted | |
| 1758.07.01 | England: Portsmouth | ||
| 1760 | Germany | aaa | |
| 1763 | England | ||
| 1763 | Ireland | ||
| 1774.07 | Massachusetts: Boston | ||
| 1775 | American revolution | aaa | |
| 1778 | West Indies | service as marines | |
| 1780 | England | ||
| 1781 | Ireland | ||
| 1787 | Canada | ||
| 1797 | England | ||
| 1799 | 1st
Battalion, 5th
Regiment of Foot redesignated upon formation of 2nd Battalion |
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| 1799 | Holland: Helder campaign | aaa | |
| 1800 | Gibraltar | aaa | |
| 1802 | England | aaa | |
| 1802 | Guernsey | ||
| 1804 | England | ||
| 1805.12 | at sea | 5 coys wrecked off Dutch coast and captured | |
| 1805.12 | Hanover | ||
| 1806.01 | North Germany | ||
| 1806.02.15 | at sea | ||
| 1806.02 | England | ||
| 1806 | South America | aaa | |
| 1807 | Ireland | aaa | |
| 1808 | Portugal | ||
| 1808 | Peninsular war | aaa | |
| 1809 | England | aaa | |
| 1809 | Holland: Walcheren campaign | aaa | |
| 1809.12 | England | aaa | |
| 1810 | Ireland | aaa | |
| 1812 | Portugal: Lisbon | ||
| 1812 | Peninsular war | aaa | |
| 1814 | France | ||
| 1814.05 | Canada: American war | aaa | |
| 1815 |
England
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aaa | |
| 1815 | Waterloo campaign | ||
| 1815 | France | Army of Occupation | |
| 1816 | 5th
Regiment of Foot redesignated on disbandment of 2nd Battalion |
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| 1818 | England | ||
| 1819 | West Indies | ||
| 1826 | England | ||
| 1827 | Ireland | ||
| 1832 | Gibraltar | ||
| 1834 | Malta | ||
| 1837 | Ionian Islands | ||
| 1842 | Gibraltar | ||
| 1843 | Ireland | ||
| 1847 | Mauritius | ||
| 1857 | India | ||
| 1857 | 1st
Battalion, 5th
Regiment of Foot redesignated upon formation of 2nd Battalion |
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| 1857 | Sepoy rebellion | aaa | |
| 1860 | St. Helena | ||
| 1860 | England | ||
| 1866 | India | ||
| 1879 | Afghanistan | Peshawar Valley Field Force | |
| 1880 | England | ||
| 1881.07.01 | 1st Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers | ||
| 1881 | England: Portsmouth | ||
| 1882 | Ireland | ||
| <1885> | Ireland: Dublin | ||
| 1887 | England: Colchester | ||
| <1892> | England: Dover | ||
| <1894> | England: Aldershot | ||
| 1895.12 | Gold Coast: Ashanti war (det) | CompositeBn | |
| 1896 | Gibraltar | ||
| 1897 | Egypt | ||
| 1898 | Sudan | ||
| 1898 | Crete | ||
| 1899 | Gibraltar | ||
| 1899.10 | South Africa | 9 Inf Bde | |
| 1903 | Mauritius | ||
| 1905 | India: Peshawar | ||
| 1908.02 | NW Frontier | ||
| 1908.05 | Peshawar | ||
| <1912> | Bombay | ||
| 1913 | England: Portsmouth | 9 Bde | |
| 1914.08 | France and Flanders | 3 Div | |
| 1919 | Ireland: Carlow | ||
| 1922 | Germany | ||
| 1926 | Northern Ireland | ||
| 1928 | England: York | 15 Bde | |
| 1931 | West Indies | ||
| 1934 | Egypt | ||
| 1935.06.23 | 1st Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers | ||
| 1937.05 | Palestine | MG bn | |
| 1939 | Middle East | Corps & Army Troops | |
| 1943.09 | Italy | Corps Troops | |
| 1945 | Middle East | ||
| 1947 | reduced to cadre at Gibraltar | ||
| 1948.07.01 | re-formed at Gibraltar by renumbering 2nd Battalion | ||
| 1949 | England: Warminster | ||
| 1950.11 | Korea | 29 Inf Bde Gp | |
| 1951.11 | Hong Kong | ||
| 1953.09 | Kenya | 49 Inf Bde | |
| 1956 | Northern Ireland | ||
| 1958 | Germany: Minden | 11 Inf Bde, BAOR | |
| 1960 | Hong Kong | ||
| 1962 | Germany: Lemgo | 20 Armd Bde | |
| 1966.09 | Aden | Aden Bde | |
| 1967.06 | UK | ||
| 1968.04.23 | 1st
Battalion, The
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers redesignated upon formation of "large" regiment from Fusilier Brigade |
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| 1968.06 | England: Kirton in Lindsey | ||
| 1970.06 | (Northern Ireland) | ||
| 1970.10 | Kirton in Lindsey | ||
| 1971.02 | (Northern Ireland) | ||
| 1971.03 | Kirton in Lindsey | ||
| 1971.06 | (Northern Ireland) | ||
| 1971.07 | Kirton in Lindsey | ||
| 1971.08 | (Northern Ireland) | ||
| 1971.09 | Kirton in Lindsey | ||
| 1971.12 | Gibraltar | ||
| 1973.09 | Northern Ireland: Londonderry | 8 Inf Bde | |
| 1975.06 | England: Oakington | ||
| 1976.03 | (Northern Ireland) | ||
| 1975.06 | England: Oakington | ||
| 1977.05 | (Northern Ireland) | ||
| 1977.06 | Cyprus? | ||
| 1977.12 | (Bermuda) | ||
| 1979.12 | Germany: Münster | 2 Armd Div | |
| 1980.10 | (Northern Ireland) | ||
| 1981.03 | Germany: Münster | 2 Armd Div | |
| 1981.11 | Germany: Minden | 33 Armd Bde | |
| 1984.01 | Northern Ireland: Ballykelly | 8 Inf Bde | |
| 1986.01 | Cyprus | ||
| 1988.02 | England: Canterbury | 1 Inf Bde | |
| 1988.11 | (Northern Ireland) | ||
| 1989.04 | Canterbury | 1 Inf Bde | |
| 1989.06 | (Northern Ireland) | ||
| 1991.01 | England: Tidworth | ||
| 1992.07 | England: Warminster | Inf Demo Bn | |
| 1991.09 | (Northern Ireland) | ||
| 1991.10 | England: Warminster | Inf Demo Bn | |
| 1992.08.01 | absorbed 3rd Battalion | ||
| 1994.04 | England: Catterick | 19 Mech Bde | |
| 1995.09 | (Bosnia) | ||
| 1996.02 | England: Catterick | 19 Mech Bde | |
| 1997.04 | Northern Ireland: Londonderry | 8 Inf Bde | |
| 1999.04 | England: North Luffenham | ||
| 2001.05 | Germany: Celle (Trenchard Barracks) | 7 Armd Bde | |
| 2003.02 | Persian Gulf | 7 Armd Bde | |
| 2003.03 | Iraq | 7 Armd Bde | |
| 2003.06 | Germany: Celle (Trenchard Barracks) | 7 Armd Bde | |
| 2003.11 | ISRTF | ||
| 2004.05 | Germany: Celle (Trenchard Barracks) | 7 Armd Bde | |
| 2005.12 | (Iraq) | ||
| 2006.06 | Germany: Celle (Trenchard Barracks) | 7 Armd Bde | |
