[John Mulcahy]

The Tyneside Irish battalions of the Northumberland Fusiliers wore the regular NF Cap badge with a 3 part shoulder title that consisted of the tara harp badge with the battalion numeral above and the regular NF title below. Officers in SD wore regular NF collars and officially rank and file in service dress did not wear collars. NF buttons were worn

Despite many comments to the contrary the harp badge was not worn on the cap. There is plenty of photographic evidence to support this in sources such as Irish Heros in the War, Sheehan's The Tyneside Irish edition of the Pals series and in Our Heros.

You do see some studio portraits where O/R are wearing unofficial crowned harp collars and less so the harp portion of the shoulder title .

Sheehans book has a photo of a color party of one of the battalions parading through Newcastle Shortly after the war and the NCOs in the color party wear the unofficial crowned harp badge on the collars of their SD.

Earlier today there was a reply to another thread which correctly pointed out that the initial orders for the harp badge of the shoulder title was to REID and sons in Newcastle.

I do not believe their memory was perpetuated in any unit after disbandment.

John