I am forwarding this message as it may be of interest. Mary G > The Tyneside Irish was the name given to the 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 30th > and 34th Battalions of the Northumberland Fusiliers. There is a Fusiliers > museum at The Abbots Tower, Alnwick Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 > 1NG, but they don't hold any individual records. > First World War soldiers service > records are gradually being microfilmed and made available at the Public > Record Office Kew, Eng. Only abut 30% of records survived the blitz during WW2 > and some of the surviving records are very badly damaged (they are referred > to as The Burnt Documents!). The PRO website has details > of which letters of the alphabet are available and when the others should be > ready. > > There is another book "Irish Heroes in the War. The Tyneside Irish Brigade" > by T P O'Connor and A J Keating, published in 1917 it gives an enrollment > list for the first four Battalions listed above. www.uk/gov.pro for the above and a great deal more information.