| 8th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 3rd Battalion, Reconnaissance Corps 3rd Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps (NF) 3rd Reconnaissance Regiment (NF) | |
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_Reconnaissance_Regiment&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:British_3rd_Infantry_Division2.svg) Insignia of the 3rd Infantry Division. | |
| Active | 18 June 1939–July 1946 |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  British Army |
| Type | Reconnaissance |
| Size | Battalion/Regiment |
| Part of | 23rd (Northumbrian) Division 3rd Infantry Division |
| Engagements | Second World War |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Eric Bols |
The 3rd Reconnaissance Regiment (NF) was a regiment of the Reconnaissance Corps, which was itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps, raised by the British Army during the Second World War.
It was originally raised as the 8th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, formed as a 2nd Line Territorial Army duplicate unit of the 4th Battalion, just before the outbreak of the Second World War as a motorcycle battalion and served as such in the Battle of France in May 1940. It was converted to a reconnaissance unit in April 1941 and fought in North-West Europe from June 1944 until May 1945 when the war in Europe ended.
In July 1946, over a year since the end of the war in Europe, the regiment was placed in suspended animation, formally reconstituted on 1 January 1947 and immediately disbanded.