This plaque is part of a campaign started in 2020 by the Royal United Services Institute of Regina, a local organization of civilians and retired military personnel, to install a series of twelve commemorative plaques around the cenotaph. It was unveiled on August 19, 2022. The plaques explain Canada's wartime history.
The South Saskatchewan Regiment originated in Regina on 3 July 1905 as a regiment of infantry. During the First World War it served as the 152nd Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force and was awarded two Battle Honours. After several name changes following the First World War, it became the South Saskatchewan Regiment on 15 December 1935 and operated in the Estevan and Weyburn area.
With the outbreak of the Second World War the Regiment was mobilized on 1 September 1939. It embarked for England in December 1940. In Europe it served with the 6th Brigade, 2nd Canadian Infantry Division. It first saw action in the 19 August 1942 Dieppe Raid for which Commanding Officer Lieutenant-Colonel Cecil Merrit was awarded the Victoria Cross. It then landed again in France on 8 July 1944 and participated in the Battle of Normandy. As part of the 1st Canadian Army, it fought along the Channel ports and into Belgium and the Netherlands where it was involved in the Battle of the Scheldt and the liberation of the Netherlands, followed by action in Germany at the time of surrender of German forces. The South Saskatchewan Regiment was awarded 18 Battle Honours. A total of 475 members of the Regiment lost their lives in the Second World War.
