History
Originally founded as the New Brunswick Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry in 1848 by the regimentation of a number of independent cavalry troops, the regiment was the first volunteer cavalry regiment in British North America.
The regiment perpetuates the 6th Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles, Canadian Expeditionary Force.
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