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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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The
North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment |
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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
Battalion, The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (North
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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
rectangle with an additional 1 inch-wide strip directly
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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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