The Saskatoon Light Infantry [Canada]

Authors and Contributors this page: T.F. Mills

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Page created 1 August 2000. Corrected and updated 16.07.2006

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	The Saskatoon Light Infantry
	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

Titles and Lineage

Alphabetic Index of Titles
Numeric Index of Titles


	1912.04.01	105th Regiment formed with HQ and eight companies at Saskatoon, Sask., by expansion of F Coy and G Coy, 95th Saskatchewan Rifles
	1912.09.16	105th Regiment "Fusiliers"
	1914.04.15	105th Regiment (Saskatoon Fusiliers)
	1915.10.01	reorganised in four-company establishment
	1920.10.01	amalgamated with 52nd Regiment (Prince Albert Volunteers), to form The North Saskatchewan Regiment

	1924.05.15	The Saskatoon Light Infantry formed at Saskatoon, Sask., by reorganisation The North Saskatchewan Regiment:
		1st Battalion, redesignation of 1st Bn, The North Saskatchewan Regiment, perpetuating 5th Battalion CEF 2nd Battalion, redesignation of 5th Bn, The North Saskatchewan Regiment, perpetuating 65th Battalion CEF
	1936.12.15	The Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.) absorbed C Company, 12th Machine Gun Battalion, CMGC; HQ at Saskatoon
		A Company at Saskatoon B Company at Saskatoon C Company at Melfort D Company at Saskatoon
	1945.06.01	mobilised three cannon companies, one each for 1st Canadian Infantry Regiment, 2nd Canadian Infantry Regiment, 3rd Canadian Infantry Regiment
	1955.02.17	united with The Prince Albert and Battleford Volunteers* to form* 2nd Battalion, The North Saskatchewan Regiment (The Saskatoon Light Infantry)

History (Links) & War Service

Introduction to Regiments


		The Unofficial Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.) Site
		The Saskatoon Light Infantry (University of Saskatchewan Archives)
		War Diaries, 1939-1945 (University of Saskatchewan Archives)

Deployment and Service:

Colour Key:

War service

Overseas service

Home service

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	*Biography and Gallantry Awards:*
		World War Two Casualties (University of Saskatchewan Archives)

	*Associations, Forums and Re-Enactors:*
		[no external sites have been found]

	*Museums, Monuments, Memorials and Chapels:*
		[no external sites have been found]

Battle Honours

Index of Battle Honours
Index of Wars


	The Great War¹: Ypres 1915 '17, Gravenstafel, St. Julien, Festubert 1915, Mount Sorrel, Somme 1916, Thiepval, Ancre Heights, Arras 1917 '18, Vimy 1917, Arleux, Hill 70, Passchendaele, Amiens, Scarpe 1918, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Canal Du Nord, Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders 1915-18 The Second World War: [see successor] 1. awarded 1929 for services of 5th Battalion CEF.

Colours, Standards and Guidons

Introduction to Colours

Uniforms and Badges

Badges:

Uniform:

scarlet; facings: blue; tartan: Mackenzie (pipers' kilts, 1942-1955, with permission of Seaforth Highlanders of Canada)

Colonel-in-Chief

Index of Royal Colonels

Honorary Colonels

Traditions


	Motto:
	Nicknames:
	Anniversaries:
	Freedoms:
	Marches:	The Jockey of York {sound file}
	Musicians:	Pipes & Drums formed 1942.
	*Mascot:*
	*Miscellaneous Tradition Links:*

Alliances

Introduction to Alliances


		The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry	1914-1920, 1925-1955

Bibliography

How To Find Books


	Regimental Journal:


	Full Histories:


	Short Histories:


	First World War:
		[see perpetuated CEF battalions]

	Second World War: