The Royal New Brunswick Regiment

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The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (RNBR) is a reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces based in New Brunswick. It consists of two battalions, both of which are part of 37 Canadian Brigade Group.

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[edit] History

The regiment as it is now, was formed in 1954 by the amalgamation of the Carelton and York Regiment, The New Brunswick Scottish and the North Shore Regiment. The history of RNBR can be traced back to the 13th Regiment of Foot.

The North Shore Regiment was formed in the Second World War. They were mobilized on May 23, 1940. The North Shore Regiment was among the Canadian forces to land in Normandy on D-Day for Operation Overlord. For the D-Day assault The North Shore was divided into four companies A, B, C, and D.

After landing on the portion of Juno beach entitled 'Nan', their objective was to capture the town of St. Aubin, a heavily fortified German post. Although they broke through the German defences and got into the town, they were pinned down by sniper fire until help from other Canadian forces arrived. They did complete their objective, though not without suffering a total of 125 casualties.

The regiment had members from 1 RNBR and 2 RNBR deployed for 6 months on Operation Athena with Joint Task Force Afghanistan 2007. A handful also augmented the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group. Training was conducted all over Canada from May 1, 2006 until deployment between December and February of 2007.

[edit] Structure

Battalion Home
1st Battalion, The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (1RNBR) (Carleton and York) Fredericton, Edmundston, Grand Falls, and Saint John
2nd Battalion, The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (2RNBR) (North Shore) Bathurst, Newcastle, and Campbellton

[edit] Battle honours

The Royal New Brunswick Regiment have received 71 battle honours since the unit's inception. They are:

Early History: SOUTH AFRICA, 1899-1900, 1902

First World War: YPRES, 1915,'17, Scarpe, 1917,'18, FESTUBERT, 1915, HILL 70, Mount Sorrel, PASSCHENDAELE, SOMME, 1916,'18, AMIENS, Flers-Courcelette, Drocourt-Queant, Thiepval, HINDENBURG LINE, Ancre Heights, Canal du Nord, Ancre, 1916, CAMBRAI, 1918, ARRAS, 1917,'18, Valenciennes, VIMY, 1917, France and Flanders, 1915-18, Arleux

Second World War: LANDING IN SICILY, Falaise, Valguarmera, Falaise Road, Sicily, 1943, Quesnay Wood, LANDING AT REGGIO, The Laison, Gambetesa, Chambois, The Sangro, The Seine, 1944, The Gully, Moerbrugge, POINT 59, BOULOGNE, 1944, Cassino II, Calais, 1944, Gustav Line, Moerkerke, Liri Valley, THE SCHELDT, HITLER LINE, Breskens Pocket, Melfa Crossing, The Lower Maas, Gothic Line, Kepelsche Veer, Lamone Crossing, The Rhineland, Rimini Line, Waal Flats, San Fortunato, The Hockwald, NAVIGLIO CANAL, THE RHINE, Italy, 1943-45, Emmerich - Hoch Elten, NORMANDY LANDING, Zutphen, Caen, Apeldoorn, CARPIQUET, Kusten Canal, Bourguebus Ridge, Bad Zwischenahn, Faubourg de Vaucelles, North-West Europe, 1944-45

Of these, the twenty one capitalized battle honours are on the unit's colours.

[edit] Alliances

[edit] Order of precedence

Preceded by:
The Princess Louise Fusiliers		 The Royal New Brunswick Regiment Succeeded by:
The West Nova Scotia Regiment

[edit] See also

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