Francis Wogan Festing 1965 Major-General Roger Ellis Tudor St John In popular culture In the beginning of the Sherlock Holmes story A Study in Scarlet, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle states that Dr. John Watson served with the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers as an assistant surgeon. See also Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland Northumbrian tartan Tyneside Irish Brigade Tyneside Scottish Brigade Notes References Sources External links The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers WW1 Photos.com: Northumberland Fusiliers Royal Northumberland Fusiliers North East Medals 50th Division Northumberland Fusiliers Anglo-Boer War Aden Britain's Small Wars Fifth Foot reenactment group Infantry regiments of the British Army Fusilier regiments of the British Army Fusilier regiments 1674 establishments in England Northumberland Fusiliers Military units and formations of the United Kingdom in the Korean War Military units and formations of the Second Boer War Regiments of the British Army in World War I Regiments of the British Army in World War II Military units and formations established in 1674 Military units and formations disestablished in 1968