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149th (Northumberland) Brigade

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The brigade was mobilized on the outbreak of the war and posted to the Tyne Defences. The battalions were given fractional designations (e.g. 1/4th Battalion) with the formation of the 2nd Line battalions in 1914. In April 1915, the brigade was posted to France and on 14 May was redesignated as
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into being, the TF was intended to be a home defence force for service during wartime and members could not be compelled to serve outside the country. However, on the outbreak of war on 4 August 1914, many members volunteered for
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The Northumbrian Division was reformed again in England on 1 April 1920 with the same composition as pre-war. The four original battalions were reformed in the
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on 10 November 1918 when it was relieved. Demobilization started in December and by 19 March 1919 the division had ceased to exist in France.
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Order of Battle of Divisions Part 2A. The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st-Line Territorial Force Divisions (42–56)
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were reduced from a 12-battalion to a 9-battalion basis in February 1918 (brigades from four to three battalions).
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Brigadier-General Robert Montgomery Ovens, commanding the 149th Brigade, 50th Division, examining a German
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6th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.) – HQ at Northumberland Road, Newcastle upon Tyne
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43rd Battalion (6th (City) Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers), Royal Tank Corps
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was reorganized as a Motor Division which saw a reduction from three to two brigades.
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5th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (53rd Searchlight Regiment)
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of the 1/5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Toutencourt, October 1916.
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was converted to a motorcycle battalion in 1938, assigned to 50th Division.
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in 1918, it had to be comprehensively reorganized. Reformed as the
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7th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.) – HQ at
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5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.) – HQ at
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4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.) – HQ at
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The Territorial Battalions, A Pictorial History, 1859–1985
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The brigade commanded the following units during the war:
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for the rest of the war. In 1915, it took part in the
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Index

United Kingdom
British Crown
British Army
Infantry
Brigade
Northumbrian Division
50th (Northumbrian) Division
Newcastle upon Tyne
Western Front (World War I)
Second Battle of Ypres
Battle of the Somme
Battle of Arras (1917)
Third Battle of Ypres
First Battle of the Somme (1918)
Battle of the Lys (1918)
Battles of the Hindenburg Line
Final Advance in Picardy
James Foster Riddell
Sir Geoffrey Feilding
Territorial Force
British Army
Northumberland Fusiliers
50th (Northumbrian) Division
Western Front
World War I
Ludendorf Offensive
World War II
Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907
7 Edw. 7
Territorial Force

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