Authors and Contributors this page: T.F. Mills
Page created 1 August 2000. Corrected and updated 06.10.2004
 

The North Saskatchewan Regiment

Regimental Crest
© DND
Saskatchewan, Canada  
  Titles & Lineage
  History & War Service
  Battle Honours
  Colours, Standards and Guidons

  Badges and Uniforms

  Colonel-in-Chief
  Honorary Colonels
 Traditions
 Alliances
 Bibliography

Note: This is a battalion history of the part-time Reserves, which are normally liable for full-time active service only in an emergency
How to find information about individuals who served in this corps
 
  Titles and Lineage
1920.10.01 The North Saskatchewan Regiment
formed with HQ at Saskatoon, Sask., by amalgamation of 52nd Regiment Prince Albert Volunteers, and 105th Regiment (Saskatoon Fusiliers)
1921.04.21 reorganised to perpetuate CEF:
 
  • 1st Battalion at Saskatoon, formed by redesignation of 105th Regiment (Saskatoon Fusiliers), and perpetuating 5th Battalion CEF
  • 2nd Battalion at Prince Albert, formed by redesignation of 52nd Regiment Prince Albert Volunteers, and perpetuating 53rd Battalion CEF
  • 3rd Battalion at Yorkton
  • 4th Battalion at North Battleford, perpetuating 232nd Battalion CEF
  • 5th (Reserve) Battalion, perpetuating 65th Battalion CEF
  • 6th (Reserve) Battalion, perpetuating 96th Battalion CEF
  • 7th (Reserve) Battalion, perpetuating 188th Battalion CEF
  • 8th (Reserve) Battalion
1924.05.15 broken up to form The Saskatoon Light Infantry [1st and 5th Bns],The Prince Albert Volunteers [2nd and 6th Bns], The Battleford Light Infantry [4th and 8th Bns], and The Yorkton Regiment [3rd and 7th Bns]

1955.02.15 The North Saskatchewan Regiment (M.G.)
formed with HQ at Saskatoon by union of The Prince Albert and Battleford Volunteers and The Saskatoon Light Infantry
1958.04.11 The North Saskatchewan Regiment
1970.09.01 1st Bn and 2nd Bn amalgamated
  • A Company at Saskatoon
  • B Company at Prince Albert
  History (Links) & War Service Introduction to Regiments
The North Saskatchewan Regiment (Army site)
The North Saskatchewan Regiment (Regimental site)
The North Saskatchewan Regiment (Unofficial Regimental site)
The North Saskatchewan Regiment, by Mike Bobbitt (The Unofficial Canadian Army Home Page)
 
Deployment and Service:
 
Colour Key: War service Overseas service Home service
       
     
       
       
Biography and Gallantry Awards:
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Associations, Forums and Re-Enactors:
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Museums, Monuments, Memorials and Chapels:
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  Battle Honours Index of Battle Honours
Index of Wars

[combined honours of The Prince Albert and Battleford Volunteers and The Saskatoon Light Infantry]

 

 
  Colours, Standards and Guidons
Regimental Colours (Regimental site)
  Uniforms and Badges
   
Badges: Armorial Description: A light infantry bugle suspended by cords with tassels; across the cords a scroll inscribed NORTH SASKATCHEWAN; surmounting the scroll, the Crown.
Uniform: scarlet; facings: white; tartan: Mackenzie (pipers' kilts & plaids, drummers' kilts, pipe bags & ribbons, 1955-present, officially approved 1958); headdress: feather bonnet with white hackle (pipers & drummers)
   
   
     
   
  Colonel-in-Chief Index of Royal Colonels
     
  Honorary Colonels
     
  Traditions
 
Motto: Cede nullis
Nicknames:
Anniversaries:
Freedoms:
Marches: The Mountain Rose
  Pipes & Drums: Mackenzie Highlanders
Musicians: Pipes & Drums inherited 1955 from Saskatoon Light Infantry.
Mascot:
Miscellaneous Tradition Links:
  Alliances Introduction to Alliances

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  Bibliography How To Find Books
Regimental Journal:
Full Histories:
 
Short Histories: