Talk:Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

Before 2020
The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers has had a number of battalions that have since been disbanded or amalgamated they include:


 * 1st (Royal Northumberland) Battalion
 * 2nd (Royal Warwickshire) Battalion - Disbanded in 2015
 * 3rd (Royal City of London) Battalion - Disbanded in 1992
 * 4th (Lancashire) Battalion - Disbanded 1969
 * Fusilier Volunteers - Became 5th Battalion - Disbanded in 1992
 * 5th (Warwickshire) Battalion - Disbanded in 1999
 * 6th Battalion - Disbanded in 1999
 * The Tyne-Tees Regiment - Became new 5th Battalion
 * 5th Battalion - formed from the Tyne-Tees Regiment

Sammartinlai (talk) 08:24, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

'White plume'
"This distinction was originally a white plume which His Majesty's Fifth Regiment of Foot had taken from the headdress of fallen French troops at St. Lucia in December 1778."

There is no mention of such an episode in contemporary sources. (It is not even certain that French troops actually wore white plumes in 1778).

It is probably best that this explanation of the 5th Northumberland's 'white feather' should be classed as a tradition, along with other similar regimental cap distinctions (e.g. 35th R Sussex, 42nd R.Hldrs, 46th, S. Devons, etc.). JF42 (talk) 11:32, 3 July 2023 (UTC)