Shoulder flash N(ew) B(runswick) Rangers, 5th Canadian Division

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The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment mobilized The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment, CASF, on 24 May 1940. It was redesignated the 1st Battalion, The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment, CASF, on 7 November 1940 and it embarked for Britain on 18 July 1941. On D-Day, 6 June 1944, it landed on JUNO BEACH in Normandy, France, as part of the 8th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, and it continued to fight in North-West Europe until the end of the war. The overseas battalion was disbanded on 15 January 1946. On 1 June 1945, a second Active Force battalion of the regiment was mobilized for service with the Canadian Army Occupation Force in Germany, designated the 3rd Battalion, The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment, CIC, CAOF. The battalion was disbanded on 13 April 1946.

The New Brunswick Rangers mobilized the 1st Battalion, The New Brunswick Rangers, CASF, on 1 January 1941. It was redesignated as The 10th Canadian Infantry Brigade Support Group (The New Brunswick Rangers), CIC, CASFon 1 November 1943 and as The 10th Independent Machine Gun Company (The New Brunswick Rangers), CIC, CASF on 24 February 1944. The unit served in Labrador in a home defence role as part of Atlantic Command from June 1942 to July 1943. It embarked for Britain on 13 September 1943. On 26 July 1944, the company landed in France as part of the 10th Infantry Brigade, 4th Canadian Armoured Division, and it continued to fight in North-West Europe until the end of the war. The overseas company was disbanded on 15 February 1946.

The Saint John Fusiliers (Machine Gun) mobilized the 1st Battalion, The Saint John Fusiliers (Machine Gun), CASF, on 1 January 1941. It served in Canada as part of the 18th Infantry Brigade, 6th Canadian Division, and "C" Company of this unit took part in the expedition to Kiska, Alaska as a component of the 13th Canadian Infantry Brigade Group, serving there from 16 August 1943 to 6 January 1944. It embarked for Britain on 2 January 1945, where it was disbanded on 10 January 1945.

The 28th (Newcastle) Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery, in conjunction with the89th Field Battery, RCA, mobilized the 28th/89th Field Battery, RCA, CASF, on 1 September 1939. This unit was reorganized as two separate batteries on 1 January 1941, designated the 28th (Newcastle) Field Battery, RCA, CASF, and the 89th Field Battery, RCA, CASF. It embarked for Britain on 25 August 1940. On 8 July 1944, it landed in France as a sub-unit of the 5th Field Regiment, 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, where it continued to fight in North-West Europe until the end of the war. The overseas battery was disbanded on 21 September 1945.

  • Landing in Sicily
  • Valguarnera
  • Sicily, 1943
  • Landing at Reggio
  • Gambatesa
  • The Sangro
  • The Gully
  • Point 59
  • Cassino II
  • Gustav Line
  • Liri Valley
  • Hitler Line
  • Melfa Crossing
  • Gothic Line
  • Lamone Crossing
  • Rimini Line
  • San Fortunato
  • Naviglio Canal
  • Italy, 1943–1945
  • Falaise
  • Falaise Road
  • The Laison
  • Chambois
  • The Seine, 1944
  • Moerbrugge
  • Moerkerke
  • The Scheldt
  • Breskens Pocket
  • The Lower Maas
  • Kapelsche Veer
  • The Rhineland
  • The Rhine
  • Apeldoorn
  • Küsten Canal
  • Bad Zwischenahn
  • North-West Europe, 1944–1945
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