The fight to save a North East battalion is being taken to the council chambers. Northumberland County Councillors are to debate a motion tomorrow calling on them to oppose the decision to axe the 2nd ...

Fusiliers and friends have been paying tribute to Dave Reynolds following the death of the former soldier and true “gentleman” at the age of 80. A piper and uniformed pall bearers helped give a ...

“This story was submitted to the People’s War site by a volunteer from Cleveland on behalf of Robert Hogg, and has been added to this site with his permission. Robert fully understands the site’s ...

Ahead of the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, we have travelled out to Belgium and France with families, veterans and serving soldiers of the Northumberland Fusiliers. The North East regiment ...

I joined the Territiorial Army at 17 years old for 4 years really to have a holiday.Just before my discharge I came back to Ripley becuse my mother's family were down here.Her name was Myra Smith and ...

Norman Pennington was born at 65, Arthur Street, Thornhill, Rotherham, on Christmas Day 1911. He was always a very gentle boy. He left school at 14, and started his apprenticeship at Heaton’s Brass ...

The event was organised by Sarah Henderson from the Alnwick Branch of the Royal British Legion. Sarah gave a personal reflection during the service, recounting her late grandfather’s experiences and ...

Representatives of the Northumberland Fusiliers, past and present, laid poppy wreaths during the nightly service of remembrance at the Menin Gate, at the end of their tour to mark the centenary of the ...