All these listed came to us by way of an attic find in Alnwick, where these had all been stored by the Commissioners of the Peace for Northumberland, since the end of the war.

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The Commanding Officer of the Northumberland zone, which included the City of Newcastle and the Borough of Tynemouth, was Col the Viscount Allendale MC. His headquarters were at Bowmer Bank, Morpeth.

The zone was divided into 13 groups, each with one or more battalions.

The initial version of the list, dated March 1941, contains the following: No. 1 Group: 1st. Northumberland (Berwick) Battalion, 2nd. Northumberland (Alnwick) Battalion. No. 2 Group: 4th. Northumberland (Hexham) Battalion, 5th. Northumberland (Gosforth) Battalion, 10th. Northumberland (Otterburn) Battalion. No. 3 Group: 3rd. Northumberland (Morpeth) Battalion, 6th. Northumberland (Blyth) Battalion, 7th. Northumberland (Tynemouth) Battalion. >