The South Saskatchewan Regiment

Badge

Description

On an eight-pointed star Or a Maltese Cross Argent each point pommelled Gules ensigned by the Royal Crown proper and surmounted by a torteau charged with a pronghorn antelope trippant on a wreath Or within an annulus Gules edged and inscribed SOUTH SASKATCHEWAN REGIMENT in letters Or.

Symbolism

The Crown represents service to the Sovereign. The badge is based, in part, on the badges of two British Army regiments to which it was formerly allied. An antelope was bestowed upon The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (now, through amalgamation, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers) in recognition of their capture in 1701 of a Moorish regiment's Standard, which featured the ancient royal badge of the antelope. Here, the antelope has been replaced by a pronghorn, which is of a different species and native only to North America. The Maltese cross on the eight-pointed star are component parts of The Border Regiment's badge (now, through amalgamation, the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment). "SOUTH SASKATCHEWAN REGIMENT" is a form of the regimental title.

Motto

None

March

"Warwickshire Lads"

Regimental colour

Camp flag

No camp flag recorded.

Battle honours

The First World War

ARRAS, 1917; HILL 70.

The Second World War

Dieppe; BOURGUEBUS RIDGE; St. André sur Orne; FALAISE; Falaise Road; The Laison; Forêt de la Londe; Dunkirk, 1944; Antwerp-Turnhout Canal; THE SCHELDT; Woensdrecht; South Beveland; THE RHINELAND; The Hochwald; Xanten; THE RHINE; Groningen; Oldenburg; NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1942, 1944 45.

Lineage

This Reserve Force regiment originated on 3 July 1905 and incorporates the following regiments.

The South Saskatchewan Regiment originated in Regina, Saskatchewan on 3 July 1905, when a 'regiment of infantry' was authorized to be formed in the districts of Assiniboia and Saskatchewan.^{Footnote 1} It was redesignated: '95th Regiment' on 2 April 1907;^{Footnote 2} and '95th Saskatchewan Rifles' on 1 June 1909.^{Footnote 3} On 1 April 1912, the regiment was reorganized as two separate regiments, designated the '105th Regiment' (now 'The North Saskatchewan Regiment') and the '95th Saskatchewan Rifles'.^{Footnote 4} On 15 March 1920, it was amalgamated with the '60th Rifles of Canada' (see below) and redesignated 'The South Saskatchewan Regiment'.^{Footnote 5} On 15 May 1924, The South Saskatchewan Regiment was reorganized into five separate regiments, designated: 'The South Saskatchewan Regiment' (now 'The Saskatchewan Dragoons'); 'The Assiniboia Regiment' (now the '10th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA); 'The Regina Rifle Regiment' (now 'The Royal Regina Rifles'); 'The Weyburn Regiment' and 'The Saskatchewan Border Regiment'.^{Footnote 6} On 15 December 1936, The Weyburn Regiment and The Saskatchewan Border Regiment were amalgamated and redesignated 'The South Saskatchewan Regiment'.^{Footnote 7} It was redesignated: '2nd (Reserve) Battalion, The South Saskatchewan Regiment' on 7 November 1941;^{Footnote 8} and 'The South Saskatchewan Regiment' on 15 December 1945.^{Footnote 9} It was reduced to nil strength and transferred to the Supplementary Order of Battle on 1 September 1968.^{Footnote 10}

Perpetuations

'152nd "Overseas" Battalion, CEF'

Headquarters Location

Estevan, Saskatchewan

Operational history

The First World War

Details of the 60th Rifles of Canada were placed on active service on 6 August 1914 for local protective duty.^{Footnote 12}

Details of the 95th Saskatchewan Rifles were placed on active service on 6 August 1914 for local protective duty.^{Footnote 13}

The 152nd Battalion, which was authorized on 22 December 1915 as the '152nd "Overseas" Battalion, CEF',^{Footnote 14} embarked for Great Britain on 3 October 1916.^{Footnote 15} Its personnel were absorbed by the '32nd Reserve Battalion, CEF' on 21 October 1916 to provide reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field.^{Footnote 16} The battalion was disbanded on 21 May 1917.^{Footnote 17}

The Second World War

The regiment mobilized 'The South Saskatchewan Regiment, CASF' for active service on 1 September 1939.^{Footnote 18} It was redesignated '1st Battalion, The South Saskatchewan Regiment, CASF' on 7 November 1940,^{Footnote 19} and on 15 December 1940 it embarked for Great Britain.^{Footnote 20} The battalion took part in the raid on Dieppe on 19 August 1942.^{Footnote 21} It landed again in France on 8 July 1944, as a part of the 6th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, and it continued to fight in North-West Europe until the end of the war.^{Footnote 22} The overseas battalion was disbanded on 15 December 1945.^{Footnote 23}

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