The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (RNBR) is a reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army based in New Brunswick. The Royal New Brunswick Regiment is part of 37 Canadian Brigade Group, 5th Canadian Division. The RNBR holds 65 battle honours.
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 Royal New Brunswick Regiment
Formed 10 September 1869 in Woodstock, New Brunswick as The Carleton Light Infantry Redesignated 5 November 1869 as the 67th The Carleton Light Infantry Redesignated 8 May 1900 as the 67th Regiment "Carleton Light Infantry" Redesignated 15 March 1920 as The Carleton Light Infantry Amalgamated 15 December 1936 with The York Regiment and renamed The Carleton and York Regiment Redesignated 7 November 1940 as the 2nd (Reserve) Battalion, The Carleton and York Regiment Redesignated 1 November 1945 as The Carleton and York Regiment Amalgamated 31 October 1954 The New Brunswick Scottish and redesignated the 1st Battalion, The New Brunswick Regiment (Carleton and York) 18 May 1956 regiment redesignated as The Royal New Brunswick Regiment.
On 4 May 1951, The Carleton and York Regiment mobilized two temporary Active Force companies designated "E" and "F" Company. "E" Company was reduced to nil strength upon its personnel being incorporated into the 1st Canadian Infantry Battalion (later the 3rd Battalion, The Canadian Guards) for service in Germany with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and was disbanded on 29 July 1953. "F" Company was initially used as a reinforcement pool for "E" Company. On 15 May 1952, it was reduced to nil strength, upon its personnel being absorbed by the newly formed 2nd Canadian Infantry Battalion (later the 4th Battalion, The Canadian Guards) for service in Korea with the United Nations and was disbanded on 29 July 1953.
The York Regiment
Formed 10 September 1869 as The York Provisional Volunteer Battalion
Redesignated 12 November 1869 as the 71st "York" Volunteer Battalion
Redesignated 8 May 1900 as the 71st York Regiment
Redesignated 15 March 1920 as The York Regiment
Amalgamated 15 December 1936 with The Carleton Light Infantry.
The New Brunswick Scottish
Formed 31 August 1946 on the Amalgamation of The New Brunswick Rangers and The Saint John Fusiliers (Machine Gun) as The South New Brunswick Regiment Redesignated 2 December 1946 as The New Brunswick Scottish Amalgamated 31 October 1954 with The Carleton and York Regiment and redesignated as the 1st Battalion, The New Brunswick Regiment (Carleton and York).
The New Brunswick Rangers
Originated 12 August 1870 in Sussex, New Brunswick as the 74th Battalion of Infantry Redesignated 8 May 1900 as the 74th Regiment Redesignated 2 November 1903 as the 74th Regiment "The Brunswick Rangers" Redesignated 15 March 1920 as The New Brunswick Rangers Redesignated 1 January 1941 as the 2nd (Reserve) Battalion, The New Brunswick Rangers Redesignated 15 February 1946 as The New Brunswick Rangers Amalgamated 31 August 1946 with The Saint John Fusiliers (Machine Gun) and redesignated as The South New Brunswick Regiment (later The New Brunswick Scottish)
The Saint John Fusiliers
Formed 22 March 1872 as the 62nd "St. John" Battalion of Infantry
Redesignated 14 April 1882 as the 62nd Battalion "Saint John Fusiliers" Redesignated 8 May 1900 as the 62nd Regiment "St. John Fusiliers" Redesignated 15 March 1920 as The St. John Fusiliers Redesignated 2 September 1925 as The Saint John Fusiliers Amalgamated on 15 December 1936 with the Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron of The New Brunswick Dragoons and A Company of the 7th Machine Gun Battalion, CMGC and redesignated as The Saint John Fusiliers (Machine Gun) Redesignated 1 January 1941 as the 2nd (Reserve) Battalion, The Saint John Fusiliers (Machine Gun) Redesignated 1 June 1945 as The Saint John Fusiliers (Machine Gun) Amalgamated 31 August 1946 with The New Brunswick Rangers.
The Saint John Fusiliers have no lineal connection with the 62nd The St. John Volunteer Battalion, N.B. of 1869 to 1871.