Royal New Brunswick Regiment

The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (Carleton & York) (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.^[1] The Royal New Brunswick Regiment is part of 37 Canadian Brigade Group, 5th Canadian Division.^[2] The RNBR holds 65 battle honours, mostly by perpetuation of the regiments it was formed from.

The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (Carleton & York)
Regimental badge
Active	1954 – present
Country	Canada
Branch	Primary Reserve
Type	Line infantry
Role	Light infantry
Size	One battalion
Part of	37 Canadian Brigade Group
Motto(s)	Spem reduxit (Latin for 'Hope restored')
March	"A Hundred Pipers"
Engagements	War in Afghanistan
Battle honours	See § Battle honours
Website	www.canada.ca/en/army/corporate/5-canadian-division/the-royal-new-brunswick-regiment.html

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 reorganized as a distinct regiment, the North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment.^[3]

Present structure

As of 2025^[update], the regiment's headquarters is in Fredericton. "A" Company is in Edmundston and "B" Company is in Fredericton. The Administration and Headquarters Company is also in Fredericton, with a platoon in Saint John.^[4]

Lineage

Pre-2024 regimental colour

Main articles: The Carleton and York Regiment, The York Regiment, and New Brunswick Scottish

• 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.^[1][5]
• 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.^[1][6]

Charts

Lineage chart, 1860–1914[7]

1860 Independent infy coys 1862 Western Militia District Engineer Coy 1869 The Carleton Light Infy The York Provisional Volunteer Bn The St. John Engineer Coy 1869 67th The Carleton Light Infy 71st "York" Volunteer Bn The NB Engineers Coy 1870 74th Bn of Infy 1872 62nd "St. John" Bn of Infy 1882 62nd Bn "Saint John Fusiliers" St. John Rifle Coy 1898 62nd Bn "Saint John Fusiliers" 1900 67th Regt "Carleton Light Infy" 71st York Regt 74th Regt 62nd Regt "St. John Fusiliers" 1903 74th Regt "The Brunswick Rangers" 1911 28th "NB" Dragoons

Lineage chart, 1914–1936[7]

67th Regt "Carleton Light Infy" 71st York Regt 74th Regt "The Brunswick Rangers" 62nd Regt "St. John Fusiliers" 28th "NB" Dragoons 1914 12th Bn, CEF 55th Bn, CEF 26th Bn, CEF 1915 104th "Overseas" Bn, CEF 12th Reserve Infy Bn, CEF 140th "Overseas" Bn, CEF 145th "Overseas" Bn, CEF 115th "Overseas" Bn, CEF 1916 Absorbed by depots of The RCR and PPCLI Absorbed by 40th "Overseas" Bn Absorbed by 9th Reserve Bn 236th "Overseas" Bn Absorbed by 112th "Overseas" Bn 1917 Absorbed by 105th "Overseas" Bn 1918 Absorbed by 20th Reserve Bn 1919 7th MG Bde, CMGC 1920 Disbanded Disbanded 1920 1st Bn (44th Bn, CEF), The Carleton Light Infy 2nd Bn (104th Bn, CEF),[a] The Carleton Light Infy 1st Bn (12th Bn, CEF), The York Regt 2nd Bn (140th Bn, CEF),[a] The York Regt 1st Bn (55th Bn, CEF), The NB Rangers 2nd Bn (145th Bn, CEF),[a] The NB Rangers 3rd Bn (236th Bn, CEF),[a] The NB Rangers 1st Bn (26th Bn, CEF), The St. John Fusiliers 2nd Bn (115th Bn, CEF),[a] The St. John Fusiliers 1st Regt, The NB Dragoons 1924 7th MG Bn, CMGC 1925 1st Bn (26th Bn, CEF), The Saint John Fusiliers 2nd Bn (115th Bn, CEF), The Saint John Fusiliers 1936 Disbanded Disbanded Disbanded Disbanded Disbanded 1936 The Carleton and York Regt The NB Rangers The Saint John Fusiliers (MG)

Lineage chart, 1936–present[7]

The Carleton and York Regt The NB Rangers The Saint John Fusiliers (MG) 1939 The Carleton and York Regt, CASF 1940 1st Bn, The Carleton and York Regt, CASF 2nd (Reserve) Bn, The Carleton and York Regt 1941 1st Bn, The NB Rangers, CASF 2nd (Reserve) Bn, The NB Rangers 1st Bn, The Saint John Fusiliers (MG), CASF 2nd (Reserve) Bn, The Saint John Fusiliers (MG) 1943 The 10th Canadian Infy Bde Support Group (The NB Rangers), CIC, CASF 1944 The 10th Independent MG Coy (The NB Rangers), CIC, CASF 1945 2nd Canadian Infy Bn (The Carleton and York Regt), CASF Disbanded The Saint John Fusiliers (MG) 1945 Disbanded Disbanded The Carleton and York Regt 1946 Disbanded The NB Rangers 1946 The South NB Regt 1946 The NB Scottish 1951 "E" Coy,[b] The Carleton and York Regt "F" Coy,[b] The Carleton and York Regt 1951 Absorbed by 1st Canadian Infy Bn 1952 Absorbed by 2nd Canadian Infy Bn 1954 1st Bn, The NB Regt (Carleton and York) 1956 1st Bn, The Royal NB Regt (Carleton and York) 2012 The Royal NB Regt 2014 The Royal NB Regt (Carleton & York)

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^[1]

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.^[1]

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.^[1]

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.^[8]

Battle honours

Pre-2024 regimental colour

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.^[1]

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.^[9]

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).^[1]

South African War

South Africa, 1899–1902^[7][10]

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^[1]

War in Afghanistan

Afghanistan^[11]

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

• Canada portal

• 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
2. Regular Force