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1900-20
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Cavalry/Armoured Regiments
1st Hussars
1st APC Regiment
2nd Dragoons
2nd/10th Dragoons
3rd Prince of Wales' Cdn Dragoons
4th Hussars
IV PLDG
5th Princess Louise Drag. Gds
6th Duke of Connaught's R.C.H.
7th Hussars
7th/11th Hussars
8th Princess Louise's NB Hussars
8th Cdn Hussars (Princess
Louise's)
9th (Grey's) Horse
9th Toronto Light Horse
9th Mississauga Horse
10th Brant Dragoons
10th Queen's Own Cdn Hussars
11th Hussars
12th Manitoba Dragoons
12e Régiment Blindé du Canada
13th Scottish Light Dragoons
14th Canadian Hussars
14th King's Canadian Hussars
15th Light Horse
16th Light Horse
17th D.O.Y.R.C.H.
17th PEI Recce
18th Mounted Rifles
19th Alberta Dragoons
19th The Alberta Mounted Rifles
20th Border Horse
20th Sask. Armoured
21st Alberta Hussars
22nd Saskatchewan Horse
22nd Saskatchewan Light Horse
23rd Alberta Rangers
24th Grey's Horse
25th Brant Dragoons
26th Canadian Dragoons
27th Light Horse
28th New Brunswick Dragoons
29th Light Horse
30th Regiment (BC Horse)
31st Regiment (BC Horse)
32nd Light Horse
32nd Manitoba Horse
33rd Vaudreuil & Soulanges Huss.
34th Fort Garry Horse
35th Central Alberta Horse
36th PEI Light Horse
Algonquin Regiment
B.C. Dragoons
B.C. Regiment
The Border Horse
Canadian Mounted Rifles
Duke of York's Royal Cdn Hussars
Elgin Regiment
Fort Garry Horse
Grey & Simcoe Foresters
Governor General's Body Guard
Gov. Gen. Horse Guards
Halifax Rifles
King's Own Calgary Regt.
Lord Strathcona's Horse
Manitoba Dragoons
Manitoba Horse
Mississauga Horse
Ontario Mounted Rifles
Princess Louise Dragoon Guards
Queen's Own Canadian Hussars
Queen's York Rangers
Régt de Hull
Régt de Trois-Riviéres
Royal Canadian Dragoons
Royal Canadian Mounted Rifles
Sherbrooke Regiment
South Alberta Light Horse
Strathcona's Horse
Toronto Light Horse
Toronto Mounted Rifles
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Infantry Regiments 1900-1919
Dawson Rifles
GGFG
Kootenay Rifles
PPCLI
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CEF Battalions
1914-1920
Infantry
Regiments 1920-2000
Algonquin Regiment
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Black Watch (RHR) of Canada
Calgary Highlanders
Calgary Regiment
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
Canadian Airborne Regiment
Canadian Scottish Regiment
Canadian Fusiliers (C of L Regt)
Canadian Guards
Canadian Grenadier Guards
Cape Breton Highlanders
Carleton and York Regiment
Elgin Regiment
Essex Scottish
Fusiliers de Sherbrooke
Fusiliers Mont Royal
Fusiliers du St. Laurent
48th Highlanders of Canada
Gov Gen Foot Guards
Hastings and Prince Edward Regt
Irish Fusiliers of Canada
Irish Regiment of Canada
Highland Light Infantry of Canada
Kent Regiment
King's Own Rifles of Canada
Lake Superior Regiment
Lincoln and Welland Regiment
Loyal Edmonton Regiment
Lorne Scots
Midland Regiment
Mississauga Regiment
New Brunswick Rangers
New Brunswick Scottish
North Nova Scotia Highlanders
North Shore (New Brunswick) Regt
Oxford Rifles
Perth Regiment
Pictou Highlanders
PPCLI
Prince Albert and Battleford Voltrs
Princess Louise Fusiliers (MG)
Prince Rupert Regiment
Princess of Wales' Own Regiment
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
Queen's York Rangers
Régiment de la Chaudière
Régiment de Chateauguay
Régiment de Levis
Régiment de Maisonneuve
Régiment de Montmagmy
Régiment de Saguenay
Régiment de St. Hyacinthe
Régiment de Québec
Regina Rifle Regiment
Rocky Mountain Rangers
Royal 22e Regt
Royal Canadian Regt
Royal Regiment of Canada
Royal Regina Rifles
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry
Royal Montreal Regiment
Royal New Brunswick Regiment
Royal Rifles of Canada
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Saskatoon Light Infantry
S, D and G Highlanders
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
South Alberta Regiment
South New Brunswick Regiment
South Saskatchewan Regiment
Toronto Regiment
Toronto Scottish Regiment
Victoria Rifles of Canada
Voltigeurs de Quebec
Westminster Regiment
West Nova Scotia Regiment
Winnipeg Grenadiers
Winnipeg Light Infantry
Yukon Regiment |
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The North Shore
(New Brunswick) Regiment
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The North
Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment was an infantry regiment of the
Canadian Army until its amalgamation with The Carleton and
York Regiment.
Lineage
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The
73rd Northumberland New Brunswick Battalion of Infantry
formed on 25 February 1870
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Redesignated 73rd Northumberland Regiment 8 May
1900
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Redesignated The Northumberland (New Brunswick)
Regiment 15 March 1920
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Redesignated The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment
1 April 1922
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Amalgamated with the 28th Field Battery, Royal Canadian
Artillery on 30 September 1954 to become 2nd
Battalion, The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (North
Shore)
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Headquarters:
Newcastle, NB
Predecessors: None
Perpetuates: 28th Battery, CFA, 12th, 132nd
and 165th Battalions, CEF
Raised: 25 February 1870
Amalgamated: 30 Sep 1954, to create 2nd
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First World War
The 28th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, CEF, served with the 2nd
Canadian Divisional Artillery from January 1916 to March 1917 in
France and Flanders before being absorbed by the 15th and 16th
Batteries, CFA, CEF.
In Canada, details of the 73rd
Northumberland Regiment were placed on active service on 6 August
1914 for local protective duty. The regiment contributed men to the
12th Battalion, CEF on formation in September 1914, and recruited
for the 132nd and 165th Battalions, CEF, both of whom provided
reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field.
Second World War
The 28th (Newcastle) Field Battery mobilized the 28th (Newcastle)
Field Battery, Canadian Active Service Force on 1 September 1939.
The battery embarked for the United Kingdom on 25 August 1940, and
landed in Normandy on 8 July 1944 with the 2nd Canadian Divisional
artillery. As a sub-unit of the 5th Field Regiment, the unit went
through the North-West Europe campaign and the active battery
disbanded on 21 September 1945. A 28th (Reserve) Field Battery
served in the Reserve Army in Canada.
Details of The North Shore (New
Brunswick) Regiment were placed on active service on 1 September
1939 for local protective duty, but the regiment did not mobilize
until 24 May 1940. The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment, CASF
was earmarked for the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division and embarked
for the UK on 18 July 1941. The CASF unit, having been renamed to
become 1st Battalion, The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment,
participated in the Normandy Landing on 6 June 1944 and served
throughout the North-West Europe campaign as part of the 8th
Canadian Infantry Brigade. The 1st Battalion disbanded on 15 January
1946. A 2nd Battalion served in the Reserve Army, and a 3rd
Battalion was mobilized for the Canadian Army Occupation Force in
Germany, existing from 1 June 1945 to 13 April 1946.
Battle Honours
Insignia
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Cap Badge
The cap badge was rendered in
brass or bronze, featuring a stag surrounded by an annulus
with the regiment's name, with a wreath of maple leaves. The
regimental motto PRO JURE CONSTANS appeared on a scroll at
the bottom, the whole surmounted by the Crown.
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Cloth Shoulder Flashes
During the Second World War, a cloth shoulder flash in red stitching
on a blue background was worn on Battle Dress. The khaki CANADA
title was worn in conjunction with the regimental flash.
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The formation
patch of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division - a french grey
rectangle 3 inches wide by 2 inches tall - was worn by the
1st Battalion beginning sometime in 1941 and worn until the
end of the war. The 3rd Battalion wore a french grey
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Slip on
titles, introduced early in the war, may have been worn upon
mobilization by the active battalion, as well as by the
reserve/2nd Battalion in Canada.
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Lieutenant M.G. Aubut and
Private C.D. Walker of The North Shore (New Brunswick)
Regiment examine a German cross-Channel gun at Sangatte
on 26 September 1944. Standard regimental headdress and
insignia is worn.
Private J.W. Butler
of The North Shore Regiment searches a
seven-foot-three-inch German soldier at Sangatte,
France on 26 September 1944 during the fight for the
Channel ports.
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