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The Royal New Brunswick Regiment


Armorial Description

Superimposed on the centre of a circular scroll bearing the designation ROYAL NEW BRUNSWICK REGIMENT, the arms of the Province of New Brunswick (i.e.: or, an ancient galley, or lymphad, the sails unfurled, oars in action on the sea all proper, the flags and pennant gules; on a chief gules; a lion passant guardant, or) over the base of the circular scroll a second scroll inscribed with the motto SPEM REDUXIT; the whole surmounted by the Crown.


Official Abbreviation: RNBR

Motto: Spem Reduxit (Hope Restored)


Battle Honours (70)

Early History

    SOUTH AFRICA, 1899-1900, 1902
First World War
    YPRES, 1915,'17
    Scarpe, 1917,'18
    FESTUBERT, 1915
    HILL 70
    Mount Sorrel
    PASSCHENDAELE
    SOMME, 1916,'18
    AMIENS
    Flers-Courcelette
    Drocourt-Queant
    Thiepval
    HINDENBURG LINE
    Ancre Heights
    Canal du Nord
    Ancre, 1916
    CAMBRAI, 1918
    ARRAS, 1917,'18 Valenciennes
    VIMY, 1917
    France and Flanders, 1915-18
    Arleux
Second World War
    LANDING IN SICILY
    Falaise
    Valguarnera
    Falaise Road
    Sicily, 1943
    Quesnay Wood
    LANDING AT REGGIO
    The Laison
    Gambatesa
    Chambois
    The Sangro
    The Seine, 1944
    The Gully
    Moerbrugge
    POINT 59
    BOULOGNE, 1944
    Cassino II
    Calais, 1944
    Gustav Line
    Moerkerke
    Liri Valley
    THE SCHELDT
    HITLER LINE
    Breskens Pocket
    Melfa Crossing
    The Lower Maas
    Gothic Line
    Kepelsche Veer
    Lamone Crossing
    The Rhineland
    Rimini Line
    Waal Flats
    San Fortunato
    The Hockwald
    NAVIGLIO CANAL
    THE RHINE
    Italy, 1943-45
    Emmerich - Hoch Elten
    NORMANDY LANDING
    Zutphen
    Caen
    Apeldoorn
    CARPIQUET
    Kusten Canal
    Bourguebus Ridge
    Bad Zwischenahn
    Faubourg de Vaucelles
    North-West Europe, 1944-45

Order of Precedence: 23
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Military Word Of The Day
To disrupt
:
(Mission/task Verb) A tactical task or obstacle effect (that integrates fire planning and obstacle effort) that breaks apart an enemy's formation and tempo, interrupts the enemy's time table, causes premature commitment of forces, and/or splinters their attack.


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Today in Military History

December 22



1919:

The Air Board submits a memo to the Privy Council proposing to create the Canadian Air Force


1943:

VILLA GRANDE, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 28 Dec 43)


1944:

US troops under McAuliffe encircled at Bastogne refuse German surrender terms




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