The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (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.

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The Royal New Brunswick Regiment
The cap badge of the Royal New Brunswick Regiment.
Active	1954 – present
Country	Canada
Branch	Primary Reserve
Type	Line infantry
Role	Light infantry
Size	One battalion
Part of	Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Motto(s)	Spem-Reduxit (Hope Restored)
March	"The Hundred Pipers" followed by "The Old North Shore"
Engagements	War in Afghanistan
Battle honours	See #Battle honours
Commanders
Colonel-in-Chief	Vacant

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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.^[3]

• 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][4]

• 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][5]

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]

Some honours were gained by the regiment in the 1954 amalgamation with the North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment. These honours are emblazoned on the current regimental colour; however, since 2012, when the amalgamation with the North Shores ceased, they are no longer part of the RNBR's battle honours.^[8] These honours are placed in square brackets in the list below.

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.

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•  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)

• List of armouries in Canada
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