4th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

The 4th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers is a former battalion of the famous Royal Northumberland Fusiliers regiment.

History
The 4th Battalion trace their history back to the 1st Administrative Battalion, Northumberland Rifle Volunteers with the following structure:
 * Battalion Headquarters at Alnwick
 * 2nd Northumberland Rifle Corps at Tynemouth
 * 3rd Northumberland Rifle Corps at Morpeth
 * 4th Northumberland Rifle Corps at Wooler-in-Glendale
 * 5th Northumberland Rifle Corps at Alnwick
 * 6th Northumberland Rifle Corps at Tynedale
 * 7th Northumberland Rifle Corps at Allendale
 * 1st Berwick-on-Tweed Rifle Volunteer Corps at Berwick

Duplicates
The battalion had an unusual number of duplicate battalions including:
 * 1/4th Battalion - (1914-1918)
 * 2/4th Battalion - (1914-1918)
 * 4th (Reserve) Battalion - (1915-1919)
 * 4th Battalion - (1939-1941, 1943-1944)
 * 50th Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps - (1941-1943)
 * 8th Battalion - (1939-1941)
 * 3rd Reconnaissance Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps - (1941-1946)

Commanders
Commanders of the battalion included:
 * Honorable Colonel Charles Augustus Bennet, 6th Earl of Tankerville (Lord Ossulston)
 * Lieutenant Colonel The Honorable W. F. Lambton
 * Major E. Joicey
 * Honorable Captain A. J. Foster CMG CBE
 * Field Marshal Sir Francis Wogan Festing GCB KBE DSO
 * Colonel Bernard Peatfield OBE MC TD DL
 * Major (Honorable Colonel) Samuel Enderby DSO MC
 * Lieutenant Colonel (Battalion Colonel) Charles Hunter Spence OBE TD
 * Colonel (Honorary Brigadier General) Peter Harry Mitchell May DSO OBE MC
 * Colonel John Richard Nangreave Bell TD