The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment

The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment is a Canadian army unit raised in New Brunswick, primarily the North Shore counties (thus its name "North Shore Regiment"). The regiment was mobilized shortly after Canada declared war on Nazi Germany in 1939. The North Shore Regiment shipped over to England in July 1941 along with the 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade, which was part of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division. Though the regiment was already overseas, companies of men continued to ship overseas throughout 1942 and 1943. First the regiment was stationed in Woodstock, New Brunswick, then Sussex, New Brunswick, as well. When it shipped overseas, it was stationed in Liverpool, after that it moved to Scotland near the castle of the Duke of Argyll. On June 6, 1944, the regiment participated in the landing on Juno Beach, landing on Nan Red sector. It lost nearly 50 men, but it advanced inland at the end of the day. On June 10, it liberated the town of Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, Calvados. On July 4, 1944, the men of the North Shore Regiment participated in Operation Windsor, the attack on the Carpiquet airfield. It lost nearly 130 men, and it was later known by the regiment's chaplain as the "graveyard of the regiment". The regiment later fought in Caen and all through France, continuously advancing with the 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade. It fought in places like Ranville, Bourguebus Ridge, Falaise, Quesnay Wood, the Laison and Chambois. It helped clear the coast of France in late August and early September 1944, then it advanced into the Netherlands, taking part in the Battle of the Scheldt. It fought in Breskens Pocket in flooded fields and harsh conditions. After the Scheldt, it moved onto the rest of the Netherlands, fighting near the Bergsche Maas River at Kapelsche Veer. In February 1945, it moved into Germany via amphibious landing. It fought in the Rhineland, the Hochwald, but then it doubled-back to the Netherlands and conquered the Twente Canal, and liberated Zutphen where it met its most brutal urban fighting since Caen. It then moved back into Germany in April, and it ended the war on German soil. In 1954 it was combined with the Carelton and York Regiment to create the Royal New Brunswick Regiment. It was designated 2nd Battalion, the Royal New Brunswick Regiment.

In 2012, the 2nd Battalion, RNBR, was reorganized once again as a distinct regiment, the North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment.

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Lineage of the North Shore (New Brunswick Regiment)