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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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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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September 4
1886: Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo surrenders with his last band of warriors to General Nelson Miles at Skeleton Canyon in Arizona.
1939: First RAF attacks on German Navy
1940: World War II: The USS GREER becomes the first United States ship fired upon by a German submarine in the war, even though the United States is a neutral power. Tension heightens between the two nations as a result.
1944: World War II: The British 11th Armored Division liberate the city of Antwerp in Belgium.
1945: World War II: Japanese forces surrender on Wake Island after hearing word of their nation's surrender.
1950: The "Beetle Bailey" comic strip begins.
1950: The "Beetle Bailey" comic strip begins.
1951: The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, California from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
1967: Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins - The United States Marines launch a search-and-destroy mission in Quang Nam and Quang Tin Provinces. The ensuing 4-day battle in Que Son Valley kills 114 Americans and 376 North Vietnamese.
476: Romulus Augustus, the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself King of Italy.
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