Shoulder title R. Northumberland Fus. (canvas)

The regiment expanded to ten battalions during the Second World War. Although most of them served as divisional machine gun[b] or support[c] battalions, some of them formed motorcycle, searchlight, tank, reconnaissance, ordinary infantry and even deception units. They saw action with the BEF in North-West Europe in 1940 and the 21st Army Group in 1944–45, North Africa 1940–43, Italy 1943–45, the fall of Singapore and the defence of the United Kingdom