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1st Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
At the outbreak of War the 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers were in the Middle East. They were part of the Desert Rats as machine gunners and saw action at Tobruk, where they were attached to the 18th Brigade of the 7th Australian Division. In September 1943 they were sent to Italy, They returned to the Middle East in 1945.
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Those known to have served with 1st Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Atkinson Alexander Grey. Fus
- Bailey Peter Logan McClellan. QMS.
- Gillan Frederick George. Fus. (d.27th March 1945)
- Nicholls Henry Charles. Sgt.
- Rosemurgey Norman. Staff Sgt. (d.21st December 1941)
- Wood Jack. Sgt.
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QMS. Peter Logan McClellan Bailey 1st Btn. Royal Northumberland Fusiliers My pop, Peter Bailey served with 1st Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.
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Sgt. Henry Charles Nicholls 1st Btn. Harry Nicholls served in Malta with the Northumberland Fusiliers, little is known about this.
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Sgt. Jack Wood Lancashire Fusiliers My wife's father, Jack Wood, was a sergeant in WW2. We have different pictures of him during the war. In one he is in the Lancashire Fusiliers, in another he is with the 1st Battalion 'E'Coy RNF, which is a picture of their football team in 1941, we think this is likely to be the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers but are not sure.
The reason we are writing for help is we know that he was in the Paras as a Sergeant and was badly injured near Caen, Northern France. We have a newspaper clipping of him in a hospital bed being fed using a baby's cup telling his story, he was in a hospital in Wakefield.
Was it normal to keep changing regiment? What do the badges signify on his uniform - there are two strips saying 'Airborne' presumably for the top of each arm, a small purple badge with a parachute on and a small oval badge with a plane on.
Any help would be appreciated and, although he is now deceased, my wife would love to fill in the missing pieces of his WW2 life. (The story in the newspaper told of a pretty French girl from the French Resistance who led my wife's father and his men along a secret path through some marshes in France to avoid capture by the Germans).
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Fus. Frederick George Gillan 1st Battalion Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (d.27th March 1945) Two weeks ago I lost my last uncle. When he died a few papers and information came to me about the first uncle who died and the first to die in W.W.2 in Italy. I have been trying to find out when and where he died and visit his grave as both my parents, when they were alive, wanted to go and pay their respects. Going by my mother's information, my Uncle Freddy, as my mum call him, died and was buried at Monte Cassino.
When I checked with the War Graves Commission they checked their records and could not find him. I only had his name and that he had died in Italy, was all the information my mother had. The papers that my uncle had showed that Uncle Freddy died on the 27th March 1945 and was buried and the reburied in Bologna Commonwealth War Cemetery in 1947 and that my uncle, unknown to my parents, had visited the cemetery in Bologna.
I contacted the C.W.G.C. who gave the information as to the name of the cemetery and his date of death, with his service number. I am trying to find out when my uncle joined up and where he served where and how he died. Any information you can provide will be gratefully received.
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