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The Royal New Brunswick Regiment
Regimental badge
Active	1954 – present
Country	Canada
Branch	Primary Reserve
Type	Line infantry
Role	Light infantry
Size	One battalion
Part of	Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Motto(s)	Spem reduxit (Latin for 'Hope restored')
March	"The Hundred Pipers"
Engagements	War in Afghanistan
Battle honours	See #Battle honours

The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (RNBR) is a reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army based in New Brunswick. It was formed in 1954 by amalgamation of The Carleton and York Regiment, The New Brunswick Scottish and The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment as the New Brunswick Regiment. The "Royal" designation was added in 1956. The Royal New Brunswick Regiment is part of 37 Canadian Brigade Group, 5th Canadian Division. The RNBR holds 65 battle honours mostly by perpetuation of the regiments it was formed from.

Creation

The regiment was formed in 1954 by the amalgamation of The Carleton and York Regiment, The New Brunswick Scottish and The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment. From 1954 to 2012, it consisted of two battalions with the former The Carleton and York Regiment and The New Brunswick Scottish forming the 1st Battalion and The North Shore Regiment forming the 2nd Battalion. However, in 2012, the 2nd Battalion was once again reorganised as a distinct regiment, The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment.

Present structure

Lineage

• The Carleton Light Infantry was formed in 1869, merging with the York Regiment in 1936 to become The Carleton and York Regiment which in turn amalgamated with the New Brunswick Scottish and becoming the '1st Battalion, The New Brunswick Regiment (Carleton and York)'.

• The York Regiment was formed in 31 August 1946 on the amalgamation of the New Brunswick Rangers and The Saint John Fusiliers (Machine Gun) as The South New Brunswick Regiment, becoming the New Brunswick Scottish on 2 December 1946.
• The New Brunswick Dragoons had amalgamated with Saint John Jusilers in December 1936.

• 7th Machine Gun Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps was formed 1 June 1919 in Saint John, A Company amalgamated in 15 December 1936 with The Saint John Fusiliers.

Charts

Perpetuations

War of 1812

• 1st Battalion, Northumberland County Regiment
• 2nd Battalion, Northumberland County Regiment
• 3rd Battalion, Northumberland County Regiment
• 1st Battalion, Saint John County Regiment
• 1st Battalion, York County Regiment
• 2nd Battalion, York County Regiment

The regiment also carries two battle honours from the War of 1812 in commemoration of the New Brunswick Fencible Infantry (104th Regiment of Foot) which was recruited in New Brunswick and served during that conflict.

Great War

• 12th Battalion, CEF
• 26th Battalion (New Brunswick), CEF
• 55th Battalion (New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island), CEF
• 104th Battalion, CEF
• 115th Battalion (New Brunswick), CEF
• 140th Battalion (St. John's Tigers), CEF
• 145th Battalion (New Brunswick), CEF
• 236th Battalion (New Brunswick Kilties), CEF
• 28th Field Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, CEF.

Operational history

War in Afghanistan

The regiment contributed an aggregate of more than 20% of its authorized strength to the various Task Forces which served in Afghanistan between 2002 and 2014.

Battle honours

In the list below, battle honours in capitals were awarded for participation in large operations and campaigns, while those in lowercase indicate honours granted for more specific battles. Those battle honours written in bold are emblazoned on the regimental colour.

On October 5, 2024, Brenda Murphy, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, presented a new stand of colours to the regiment. This was the first time the regiment's honours for the War of 1812 and Afghanistan were included.

War of 1812

• Defence of Canada – 1812–1815 – Défense du Canada
• Niagara

The non-emblazonable honorary distinction Defence of Canada – 1812–1815 – Défense du Canada (partly awarded in commemoration of the New Brunswick Fencibles).

South African War

South Africa, 1899–1902

Great War

• Ypres, 1915, '17
• Festubert, 1915
• Mount Sorrel
• Somme, 1916, '18
• Flers-Courcelette
• Thiepval
• Ancre Heights
• Ancre, 1916
• Arras, 1917, '18
• Vimy, 1917
• Arleux
• Scarpe, 1917, '18
• Hill 70
• Passchendaele
• Amiens
• Drocourt-Quéant
• Hindenburg Line
• Canal du Nord
• Cambrai, 1918
• Valenciennes
• France and Flanders, 1915–18

Second World War

• Landing in Sicily
• Valguarnera
• Sicily, 1943
• Landing at Reggio
• Gambatesa
• The Sangro
• The Gully
• Point 59
• Cassino II
• Gustav Line
• Liri Valley
• Hitler Line
• Melfa Crossing
• Gothic Line
• Lamone Crossing
• Rimini Line
• San Fortunato
• Naviglio Canal
• Italy, 1943–1945
• Falaise
• Falaise Road
• The Laison
• Chambois
• The Seine, 1944
• Moerbrugge
• Moerkerke
• The Scheldt
• Breskens Pocket
• The Lower Maas
• Kapelsche Veer
• The Rhineland
• The Rhine
• Apeldoorn
• Küsten Canal
• Bad Zwischenahn
• North-West Europe, 1944–1945

War in Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Armouries

The regiment has two armouries:

The Carlton Street Armoury, Carlton Street Fredericton, New Brunswick housed the 1st Battalion, The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (Carlton and York). A centrally located drill hall, it houses 333 Royal Canadian Air Cadets, 242 Fredericton Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps and 130 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps.

The seconf is the Lieutenant Colonel William (Billy) Mulherin Armoury, on Madawaska Road, Grand Falls, New Brunswick. It houses C Company, 1st Battalion, the Royal New Brunswick Regiment, and 314 Squadron Air Cadets.

Alliances

•  United Kingdom - The Royal Scots Borderers
•  United Kingdom - The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires)
•  United Kingdom - The Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot)

See also

• List of armouries in Canada
• Military history of Canada
• History of the Canadian Army
• Canadian Forces
• The Canadian Crown and the Canadian Forces
• List of Canadian organizations with royal patronage

Notes

1. ^ Reserve order of battle

References

1. ^ Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments.
2. http://www.army.gc.ca/en/1-royal-new-brunswick-regiment/index.page? Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Return of The North Shore Regiment". Department of National Defence. June 9, 2012. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
4. "The New Brunswick Dragoons [Canada]". 2007-10-16. Archived from the original on 2007-10-16. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
5. "The Saint John Fusiliers". 2007-11-20. Archived from the original on 2007-11-20. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
6. ^ "The Royal New Brunswick Regiment". www.canada.ca. 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
7. "South-West Asia Theatre Honours | Prime Minister of Canada". Archived from the original on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
8. Awde, Savannah (October 6, 2024). "Ceremony marks new war honours for Royal New Brunswick Regiment". CBC News.
9. Canadian Forces General Message 089/23, 23 May 2023: "The theatre honour 'South Africa, 1901' is awarded to the Royal New Brunswick Regiment"
10. "South-West Asia Theatre Honours". Office of the Prime Minister of Canada. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.

Books

• "Royal New Brunswick Regiment: 1949-1958" New Brunswick Regiment (Carleton and York), 1st.; Hobson & Sons (London) Ltd.; Canada. (1949 Oct. 31 - 1958 Nov. 5.)

External links

• 1st Battalion, The Royal New Brunswick Regiment, (Carleton and York)
• 2nd Battalion, The Royal New Brunswick Regiment, (North Shore)

• Royal New Brunswick Regiment
• Infantry regiments of Canada
• Military units and formations established in 1954
• Military units and formations of New Brunswick
• 1954 establishments in Canada