The New Brunswick Scottish was an infantry regiment of the Canadian Army.
History 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.
Perpetuations The regiment perpetuated the following units:
26th Battalion, CEF 55th Battalion (New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island), CEF 115th Battalion (New Brunswick), CEF 145th Battalion (New Brunswick), CEF 236th Battalion (New Brunswick Kilties), CEF 7th M.G. Battalion C.E.F
Alliances The New Brunswick Scottish were allied to the King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Uniform 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.
Battle honours
South African War
South Africa 1899–1900 & 1902
The Great War
Mount Sorrel, Somme 1916 & 18 Flers-Courcelette Thiepval Ancre Heights Arras 1917 & 18 Vimy 1917 Arleux Scarpe 1917 & 18 Hill 70 Ypres 1917 Passchendaele Amiens Hindenburg Line Canal du Nord Cambrai 1918 Pursuit to Mons France and Flanders 1915-18
See also Canadian-Scottish regiment
References
Barnes, RM, The Uniforms and History of the Scottish Regiments, London, Sphere Books Limited, 1972.