Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Rukunin Sojoji na 50 (Northumbrian) rukuni ne na Sojojin Burtaniya wanda ya ga fitaccen sabis a Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu. Kafin yakin, sashin ya kasance wani ɓangare na Sojojin Yankin (TA) kuma "Ts" guda biyu a cikin alamar rarrabuwa suna wakiltar manyan koguna uku na yankin da aka tattara su, wato kogin Tyne, da Tees. Rukunin ya yi aiki a kusan dukkanin manyan abubuwan da suka faru na Yakin Turai
daga 1940 zuwa karshen 1944 kuma ya yi aiki tare da bambanci a Arewacin Afirka, da Rumunan da Gabas ta Tsakiya daga tsakiyar 1941 zuwa 1943. Rukunin na 50 na ɗaya daga cikin rukunin Burtaniya guda biyu (ɗayan kuma shine 3rd Infantry) don sauka a Normandy a ranar D, 6 ga Yuni, 1944, inda ya sauka a Gold Beach. An ba wa maza hudu na rukunin Victoria Cross a lokacin yakin, fiye da kowane rukuni na sojojin Birtaniya a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu.