History
The regiment traces its lineage to July 3, 1905, when an infantry regiment was authorized in the District of Assiniboia and the District of Saskatchewan, which later that year became the province of Saskatchewan. The regiment was eventually organized as the 95th Saskatchewan Rifles, in Regina. After the First World War the 95th merged with the 60th Rifles of Canada (in Moose Jaw) to become the South Saskatchewan Regiment, which expanded to five battalions with the creation of units in Weyburn (3rd Battalion), Moosomin (4th Battalion) and Estevan (5th Battalion).
In 1924, each of the battalions became a distinct regiment, and the name "South Saskatchewan Regiment" went out of use. In the 1936 reorganization of the Militia, the Weyburn Regiment and the Saskatchewan Border Regiment (in Estevan) re-amalgamated into a new South Saskatchewan Regiment.
During the Second World War, The South Saskatchewan Regiment participated in many major Canadian battles and operations, as part of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division. The South Saskatchewan Regiment was a major combatant in the Dieppe Raid of 1942, Operation Atlantic, Operation Spring, Operation Totalize, Operation Tractable, and the recapture of Dieppe in 1944.
Lineage of the South Saskatchewan Regiment:
| 1905 | Regt of inf. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1907 | 95th Regt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1909 | 95th Saskatchewan Rifles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1912 | 95th Saskatchewan Rifles | 105th Regt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1913 | 60th Rifles of Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1920 | 1st Bn, The South Saskatchewan Regt | 2nd Bn, The South Saskatchewan Regt | 3rd Bn, The South Saskatchewan Regt | 4th Bn, The South Saskatchewan Regt | 5th Bn, The South Saskatchewan Regt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924 | The Regina Rifle Regt | The King's Own Rifles of Canada | The Weyburn Regt | The Assiniboia Regt | The Saskatchewan Border Regt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1936 | The South Saskatchewan Regt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1939 | The South Saskatchewan Regt, CASF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1940 | 1st Bn, The South Saskatchewan Regt, CASF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1941 | 2nd (Reserve) Bn, The South Saskatchewan Regt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1945 | Disbanded | The South Saskatchewan Regt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1968 | Supplementary Order of Battle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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