Authors and Contributors this page: T.F. Mills
Page created 1 August 2000. Corrected and updated 22.12.2003
 
 

The Royal New Brunswick Regiment
 
New Brunswick, Canada  
  Titles & Lineage
  History & War Service
  Battle Honours
  Colours, Standards and Guidons
  Badges and Uniforms

  Colonel-in-Chief
  Honorary Colonels
 Traditions
 Alliances
 Bibliography

Note: This is a battalion history of the part-time Reserves, which are normally liable for full-time active service only in an emergency
How to find information about individuals who served in this corps
 
  Titles and Lineage
1954.10.31 The New Brunswick Regiment
formed by amalgamations:
 
1956.05.18 The Royal New Brunswick Regiment
19uu 1st Bn HQ moved to Fredericton; 2nd Bn HQ moved to Bathurst
  History (Links) & War Service Introduction to Regiments
The Royal New Brunswick Regiment, by Mike Bobbitt (The Unofficial Canadian Army Home Page)
1st Battalion [1954-present]
1st Battalion (Army site)
1st Battalion, by 242 Fredericton RCACC
2nd Battalion [1954-present]
2nd Battalion (Army site)
2nd Battalion (3037 RCACC site)
North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment, by Schoolnet Digital Collections Program
   
Cadets:
242 Frederickton RCACC
Deployment and Service:
 
Colour Key: War service Overseas service Home service
       
     
       
       
Biography and Gallantry Awards:
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Associations, Forums and Re-Enactors:
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Museums, Monuments, Memorials and Chapels:
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  Battle Honours Index of Battle Honours
Index of Wars

The Second World War1: 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 1943-45, Normandy Landing, Caen, Carpiquet, Bourgebus Ridge, Faubourg de Vaucelles, Falaise, Falaise Road, Quesnay Wood, The Laison, Chambois, The Seine 1944, Moerbrugge, Boulogne 1944, Calais 1944, Moerkerke, The Scheldt, Breskens Pocket, The Lower Maas, Kapelsche Veer, The Rhineland, Waal Flats, The Hochwald, The Rhine, Emmerich-Hoch Elten, Zutphen, Apeldoorn, Küsten Canal, Bad Zwischenahn, North-West Europe 1944-45

1. awarded for services of The North Shore Regt and The Carleton and York Regt
  Colours, Standards and Guidons Introduction to Colours
Record of Colours:
  Uniforms and Badges
   
Badges: Armorial Description: Superimposed on the centre of a circular scroll bearing the designation ROYAL NEW BRUNSWICK REGIMENT, the arms of the Province of New Brunswick (i.e.: or, an ancient galley, or lymphad, the sails unfurled, oars in action on the sea all proper, the flags and pennant gules; on a chief gules; a lion passant guardant, or) over the base of the circular scroll a second scroll inscribed with the motto SPEM REDUXIT; the whole surmounted by the Crown.
Uniform:
   
   
     
   
  Colonel-in-Chief Index of Royal Colonels
1956.06.23 HM Queen Elizabeth II
  Honorary Colonels
  Traditions
 
Motto: Spem reduxit
Nicknames:
Anniversaries:
Freedoms:
Marches:
Musicians:
Mascot:
Miscellaneous Tradition Links:
  Alliances Introduction to Alliances
1954-1961
1954-1958
1958-present

1st Bn: The King's Own Scottish Borderers

1954-present
1st Bn: The Queen's Own Buffs, Royal Kent Regiment 1961-1966
1st Bn: The Queen's Regiment 1966-1992
1st Bn: The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires) 1992-present
  Bibliography How To Find Books
Regimental Journal:
Full Histories:
 
Short Histories: