North Saskatchewan Regiment

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The North Saskatchewan Regiment
N Sask R Plain.svg
Badge of the North Saskatchewan Regiment.
Active3 July 1905–present
CountryCanada
Branch Canadian Army
Type Line infantry
SizeOne infantry battalion and one pipe and drum band
Part of 38 Canadian Brigade Group
Garrison/HQ Saskatoon and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
Motto(s)Cede nullis (Latin for 'Yield to none')
March"The Jockey of York"
Engagements
Battle honours See #Battle honours
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Insignia
AbbreviationN Sask R
TartanMacKenzie Hunting (pipes and drums only) [1]

The North Saskatchewan Regiment (N Sask R) is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army, headquartered in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, with companies in Saskatoon and Prince Albert. Its current commanding officer is Lieutenant-Colonel Mike Graver, and the Regimental Sergeant-Major is Chief Warrant Officer Jason Balcaen. The N Sask R is part of the 3rd Canadian Division's 38 Canadian Brigade Group, [2] with the regiment's mission task as of 2024 being to provide direct fire support.

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North-West Resistance

The Great War

Operational history

North-West Resistance

The Moose Mountain Scouts were raised for active service on 24 April 1885 and served with the Line of Communication Troops of the North West Field Force until disbanded on 18 September 1885. [3]

The Infantry Company at Battleford was raised for active service on 10 April 1885, and served with the Battleford Column of the North-West Field Force. It was disbanded on 18 September 1885. [2] [3]

The Great War

The distinguishing patch of the 1st Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles, CEF. 1st CMR CEF.svg
The distinguishing patch of the 1st Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles, CEF.

The 1st Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles, CEF was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Great Britain on 12 June 1915. It disembarked in France on 22 September 1915, where it fought as part of the 1st Brigade, Canadian Mounted Rifles, until 1 January 1916. The Battalion was converted to infantry, and allocated to the 8th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division. The Battalion fought in France and Flanders until the end of the Great War. [3]

The 9th Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Great Britain on 23 November 1915. There, its personnel were absorbed by the Canadian Cavalry Reserve Depot, CEF, the 1st Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles, CEF and the 5th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles, CEF on 31 January 1916. The regiment disbanded on 15 November 1920. [3]

The 10th Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Great Britain on 28 April 1916. Its personnel were absorbed by the Canadian Cavalry Reserve Depot, CEF on 22 May 1916. The regiment was disbanded on 17 July 1917. [3]

The distinguishing patch of the 5th Battalion (Western Cavalry), CEF. 5th Bn CEF.svg
The distinguishing patch of the 5th Battalion (Western Cavalry), CEF.

The 5th Battalion (Western Cavalry), CEF, was authorized on 10 August 1914 and embarked for Great Britain on 29 September 1915. It disembarked in France on 14 February 1915, where it fought as part of the 2nd Infantry Brigade, 1st Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion disbanded on 15 September 1920. [3]

The 53rd Battalion (Northern Saskatchewan), CEF was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Great Britain on 29 March 1916. It provided reinforcements for the Canadian Corps until it disbanded on 12 October 1917. [3]

The 65th Battalion (Saskatchewan), CEF was authorized on 20 April 1915 and embarked for Great Britain on 18 June 1916. Its personnel were absorbed by various units of the 4th Canadian Division on 30 June 1916. The battalion was disbanded on 12 October 1917. [3]

The 232nd (Saskatchewan) Battalion, CEF was authorized on 15 July 1916 and embarked for Great Britain on 18 April 1917. Its personnel were absorbed by the 15th Reserve Battalion, CEF on 29 April and 9 June 1917 to provide reinforcements for the Canadian Corps. The battalion was disbanded on 12 October 1917. [2] [3]

The Second World War

The camp flag of the North Saskatchewan Regiment. N Sask R Camp Flag.jpg
The camp flag of the North Saskatchewan Regiment.

Details of The Prince Albert and Battleford Volunteers and The Saskatoon Light Infantry (Machine Gun) were called out on service on 26 August 1939 and then placed on active service on 1 September 1939 for local protection duties. These details were disbanded on 31 December 1940. [3]

The 16th/22nd Saskatchewan Horse mobilized for active service on 24 May 1940. It was redesignated as the 20th Reconnaissance Battalion (16/22 Saskatchewan Horse), CAC, CASF, on 26 January 1942 and the 20th Army Tank Regiment (16/22 Saskatchewan Horse), CAC, CASF, on 15 May 1942. On 16 June 1943 it embarked for Great Britain, where it was disbanded on 1 November 1943. [3]

The 1st Battalion, The Prince Albert Volunteers, CASF, mobilized on 5 March 1942. It served in Canada in a home defence role as part of the 15th Infantry Brigade, 7th Canadian Infantry Division and 19th Infantry Brigade, Pacific Command, and disbanded on 30 November 1945. [4]

Personnel of the Saskatoon Light Infantry firing a 3-inch mortar, near Ortona, Italy, January 5, 1944 SaskatoonLightInfantryFireMortarOrtona1944.jpg
Personnel of the Saskatoon Light Infantry firing a 3-inch mortar, near Ortona, Italy, January 5, 1944

The Saskatoon Light Infantry (Machine Gun), CASF, mobilized for active service on 1 September 1939. It was redesignated as the 1st Battalion, The Saskatoon Light Infantry (Machine Gun), CASF, on 7 November 1940, then as the 1st Infantry Division Support Battalion (The Saskatoon Light Infantry), CIC, CASF, on 1 May 1943 and finally as the 1st Battalion, The Saskatoon Light Infantry (Machine Gun), CASF, on 1 July 1944. The battalion embarked for Great Britain on 8 December 1939. It participated in the expedition to raid the Norwegian island of Spitzbergen on 25 August 1941, landed in Sicily on 10 July and Italy on 3 September 1943 as part of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division. The unit landed in France on 4 March 1945, on its way to the North-West Europe theatre of operations in which it served until the end of the war. The overseas battalion was disbanded on 15 October 1945. On 1 June 1945 The Saskatoon Light Infantry (Machine Gun) mobilized three cannon companies for active service with the Canadian Army Pacific Force, which disbanded on 1 November 1945. [2] [3]

War In Afghanistan

The regiment contributed an aggregate of more than 20% of its authorized strength to the various Task Forces which served in Afghanistan between 2002 and 2014. [5]

Battle honours

The regimental colour of the North Saskatchewan Regiment. N Sask R Regt Colour.jpg
The regimental colour of the North Saskatchewan Regiment.

Battle honours in small capitals are for large operations and campaigns and those in lowercase are for more specific battles. Bold type indicates honours emblazoned on regimental colours. [3]

North West Resistance
North West Canada, 1885
First World War
Second World War
Honorary distinction: The wartime badge of the Regina Rifle Regiment with the year dates "1944–45" in recognition of the role played by the Prince Albert and Battleford Volunteers in the mobilization of the Canadian Active Service Force unit of the Regina Rifle Regiment. [6]
South-West Asia
Afghanistan [7]

Two of the units which were amalgamated to form this regiment, the 16th Canadian Light Horse and The Prince Albert Volunteers , possessed the battle honour Pursuit to Mons from the Great War, but this honour cannot be perpetuated if a regiment is entitled to the honour Valenciennes or Sambre. One of these honours was gained by the regiment upon the amalgamations. [2] [3]

Lineage

The North Saskatchewan Regiment

The Saskatchewan Mounted Rifles

50th Field Squadron, RCE

105th Regiment (Saskatoon Fusiliers)

The Prince Albert Volunteers

The Saskatoon Light Infantry (Machine Gun)

52nd Regiment Prince Albert Volunteers

Lineage chart

Lineage chart 1885–1914 [8]
1885Moose Mountain ScoutsInfyCoy at Battleford
1885DisbandedDisbanded
1905The 16th Mounted Rifles
1907A Sqn, CMRB Sqn, CMR
1908The 16th Light Horse22nd Sask Light Horse
1912105th Regt "Fusiliers"
191352nd Regt "Prince Albert Volunteers"'
Lineage chart 1914–1936 [8]
The 16th Light Horse22nd Sask Light Horse52nd Regt "Prince Albert Volunteers"'105th Regt "Fusiliers"
19141st Regt, CMR, CEF9th Regt, CMR, CEF10th Regt, CMR, CEF53rd Bn, CEF5th Bn, CEF105th Regt (Saskatoon Fusiliers)
191565th "Overseas" Bn, CEF
19161st Bn, CMR, CEFAbsorbed by Canadian Cavy Reserve Depot and 1st and 5th Bn, CMRAbsorbed by Canadian Cavy Reserve Depot232nd "Overseas" Bn, CEFAbsorbed by units of 4th Canadian Div.
1917Absorbed by 15th Reserve BnDisbanded
1920DisbandedDisbanded
19201st Regt, 16th Canadian Light Horse2nd Regt, [lower-alpha 1] 16th Canadian Light Horse1st Regt (1st CMRBn, CEF), The Sask Mounted Rifles2nd Regt (9th CMRBn, CEF), [lower-alpha 1] The Sask Mounted Rifles3rd Regt (10th CMRBn, CEF), [lower-alpha 1] The Sask Mounted Rifles4th Bn, The North SaskRegt8th Bn, [lower-alpha 1] The North SaskRegt2nd Bn (Prince Albert Volunteers), The North SaskRegt7th Bn (188th Bn, CEF), [lower-alpha 1] The North SaskRegt1st Bn (5th Bn, CEF), The North SaskRegt5th Bn (65th Bn, CEF), [lower-alpha 1] The North SaskRegt
19241st Bn (232nd Bn, CEF), The Battleford Light Infy2nd Bn, The Battleford Light Infy1st Bn (53rd Bn, CEF), The Prince Albert Volunteers2nd Bn (188th Bn, CEF), The Prince Albert Volunteers1st Bn (5th Bn, CEF), The Saskatoon Light Infy2nd Bn (65th Bn, CEF), The Saskatoon Light Infy
19242nd Bn, The Prince Albert Volunteers
19262nd Regt (9th RegtCMR, CEF), The Sask Mounted Rifles3rd Regt (10th RegtCMR, CEF), The Sask Mounted Rifles
1932Perpetuates Moose Mountain ScoutsPerpetuates Moose Mountain ScoutsPerpetuates InfyCoy, BattlefordPerpetuates InfyCoy, Battleford
C Coy, 12th MGBn, CMGC
1936DisbandedDisbandedDisbandedDisbandedDisbandedDisbanded
193616th/22nd Sask HorseThe Prince Albert and Battleford VolunteersThe Saskatoon Light Infy (MG)
Lineage chart 1936–present [8]
16th/22nd Sask HorseThe Prince Albert and Battleford VolunteersThe Saskatoon Light Infy (MG)
1939The Saskatoon Light Infy (MG), CASF
194016th/22nd Sask Horse, CASF16th/22nd Sask Horse (Reserve)1st Bn, The Saskatoon Light Infy (MG), CASF2nd (Reserve) Bn, The Saskatoon Light Infy (MG)
19412nd (Reserve) Bn, 16th/22nd Sask HorseThe Prince Albert Volunteers
19412nd (Reserve) Bn, The Battleford Light Infy (16th/22nd Sask Horse)
194220th RecceBn (16/22 Sask Horse), CAC, CASF1st Bn, The Prince Albert Volunteers, CASF2nd (Reserve) Bn, The Prince Albert Volunteers
194220th Army Tank Regt (16/22 Sask Horse), CAC, CASF
1943Disbanded1st InfyDiv. Support Bn (The Saskatoon Light Infy), CIC, CASF
1944The Battleford Light Infy (16th/22nd Sask Horse) (Reserve)1st Bn, The Saskatoon Light Infy (MG), CASF
1945DisbandedCannon Coy, 1st Canadian InfyRegt (The Saskatoon Light Infy (MG)), CAPFCannon Coy, 2nd Canadian InfyRegt (The Saskatoon Light Infy (MG)), CAPFCannon Coy, 3rd Canadian InfyRegt (The Saskatoon Light Infy (MG)), CAPF
1945DisbandedThe Saskatoon Light Infy (MG)DisbandedDisbandedDisbanded
1946The Prince Albert and Battleford Volunteers
194750th FdSqn, RCE
1954The Prince Albert and Battleford Volunteers (MG)
19551st Bn, The North SaskRegt (The Prince Albert and Battleford Volunteers) (MG)2nd Bn, The North SaskRegt (The Saskatoon Light Infy) (MG)
19581st Bn, The North SaskRegt (The Prince Albert and Battleford Volunteers)2nd Bn, The North SaskRegt (The Saskatoon Light Infy)
1970The North SaskRegt

Alliances

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Reserve order of battle

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