Unit Name: | The New Brunswick Scottish |
Country: | Canada |
Type: | Line Infantry |
Branch: | Canadian Army |
Dates: | 1946 - 1954 |
Specialization: | Infantry |
Command Structure: | Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Size: | One battalion |
Garrison: | Saint John, New Brunswick |
Motto: | Nunquam Non Paratus |
Colors: | Facing colour blue |
March: | Quick - All the Blue Bonnets are over the Border, Highland Laddie & Pibroch o' Donald Dhu |
Identification Symbol: | Leslie, Dress |
Identification Symbol Label: | Tartan |
The New Brunswick Scottish was an infantry regiment of the Canadian Army.[1] [2]
Founded as The South New Brunswick Regiment in 1946 by the amalgamation of The Saint John Fusiliers (M.G.) and The New Brunswick Rangers, the regiment acquired its present title in 1946 shortly after establishment. In 1954, as a result of the Kennedy Report on the Reserve Army, this regiment was amalgamated with The Carleton and York Regiment to form 1st Battalion The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (Carleton and York).
The regiment before amalgamation held its final Order of Precedence as 30.[3]
The regiment perpetuated the following units:
The New Brunswick Scottish were allied to the King's Own Scottish Borderers.[3]
The New Brunswick Scottish were kitted with a blue glengarry c/w diced border, scarlet doublet, white sporran with two black points, scarlet & black hose, blue doublets for pipers and tartan trews for bandsmen, with full dress only for pipers and bandsmen.[3]