Battle Honours of the Canadian Army

The North Saskatchewan Regiment

Highlighted Battle Honours are approved for emblazonment on the Regimental Colour. Capitalized Battle Honours indicate the name of a group of battles, actions or engagements. Where common names but separate year dates created a combined battle honour title authorized as a single name for emblazonment, both have been highlighted.

Wars and Operations	Battle Honour	Date	Remarks
North-West Rebellion	North West Canada 1885		Perpetuates the Moose Mountain Scouts (1885); the Infantry Company, Battleford, Saskatchewan (1885).
First World War
Summer Operations, 1915. (March-October)	Ypres, 1915	22 April – 25 May 1915	Perpetuates the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, the 9th and 10th Regiments, Canadian Mounted Rifles, and the 5th, 53rd, 65th and 232nd Battalions, Canadian Expeditionary Force. 1st C.M.R. Bn, C.E.F.- "Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, Flers-Courcelette, Ancre Heights, Arras, 1917, '18, Vimy, 1917, Hill 70, Ypres, 1917, Passchendaele, Amiens, Scarpe, 1918, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Cambrai, 1918, Valenciennes, FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18" (G.O. No. 110 of 1929) 9th Regt C.M.R., C.E.F. - "The Great War, 1915-16" (G.O. No. 123 of 1929) 10th Regt C.M.R., C.E.F.- "The Great War, 1916" (G.O. No. 123 of 1929) 5th Bn, C.E.F.- "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-Queant, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Pursuit to Mons, FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18" (G.O. No. 110 of 1929) 53rd Bn, C.E.F.- "The Great War, 1916-17" (G.O. No. 123 of 1929) 65th Bn, C.E.F. - "The Great War, 1916" (G.O. No. 123 of 1929) 232nd Bn, C.E.F. - "The Great War, 1917" (G.O. No. 123 of 1929) The Saskatchewan Mounted Rifles (predecessor unit through theBattleford Light Infantry (16th/22nd saskatchewan Horse))- "Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, Flers-Courcelette, Ancre Heights, Arras, 1917, '18, Vimy, 1917, Hill 70, Ypres, 1917, Passchendaele, Amiens, Scarpe, 1918, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Cambrai, 1918, Valenciennes, FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18" (G.O. No. 110 of 1929) The Saskatoon Light Infantry (predecessor unit to the N Sask R)- "Ypres, 1915, '17, Gravenstafel, St Julien, Festubert, 1915, Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, Thiepval Ridge, Ancre Heights, Arras, 1917, '18, Vimy, 1917, Arleux, Hill 70, Passchendaele, Amiens, Scarpe, 1918, Drocourt-Queant, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Pursuit to Mons, FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18" (G.O. No. 110 of 1929)
	Gravenstafel Ridge	22-23 April 1915
	St Julien	24 April – 4 May 1915
	Festubert, 1915	15-25 May 1915
Local Operations, 1916. (Previous to the Allied Offensive)	Mount Sorrel	2-13 June 1916
Operations on the Somme. (1 July – 18 November, 1916)	Somme, 1916	1 July – 18 November 1916
	Flers-Courcelette	15-22 September 1916
	Thiepval Ridge	26-29 September 1916
	Ancre Heights	1 October – 11 November 1916
The Arras Offensive (9 April – 15 May, 1917	Arras, 1917	9 April – 4 May 1917
	Vimy, 1917	9-14 April 1917
	Arleux	28-29 April 1917
	Hill 70	15-25 August 1917
The Flanders Offensive (7 June – 10 November, 1917)	Ypres, 1917	31 July – 10 Nov. 1917
The Flanders Offensive (7 June – 10 November, 1917)	Passchendaele	12 October 1917 and/or 26 October – 10 November 1917
The Advance in Picardy (8 August – 3 September, 1918)	Amiens	8-11 August 1918
The Breaking of the Hindenburg Line (26 August – 12 October, 1918)	Arras, 1918	26 August – 3 September 1918
	Scarpe, 1918	26-30 August 1918
	Drocourt-Queant Line	2-3 September 1918
	Hindenburg Line, Battles of the	12 September – 9 October 1918
	Canal du Nord	27 September – 2 October 1918
	Cambrai, 1918	8-9 October 1918
Picardy (17 October – 11 November)	Valenciennes	1-2 November 1918
	FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18
Second World War
LANDING IN SICILY	LANDING IN SICILY	9-12 Jul 43	The North Saskatchewan Regiment - "LANDING IN SICILY, Valguarnera, Agira, ADRANO, SICILY 1943, The Gully, Ortona, CASSINO II, Gustav Line, LIRI VALLEY, Hitler Line, GOTHIC LINE, LAMONE CROSSING, RIMINI LINE, Cesena, Savio Bridgehead, Naviglio Canal, Fosso Vecchio, Fosso Munio, ITALY 1943-45, Apeldoorn, NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1945" (Cdn Army Orders, Issue No. 634, 9 February 1959)
	Valguarnera	17-19 Jul 43
	Agira	24-28 Jul 43
ADRANO	ADRANO	29 Jul – 7 Aug 43
SICILY 1943	SICILY 1943	9 Jul 43 – 17 Aug 43
	The Gully	10-19 Dec 43
	Ortona	20-28 Dec 43
CASSINO II	CASSINO II	11-18 May 44
CASSINO II	Gustav Line	11-18 May 44
LIRI VALLEY	LIRI VALLEY	18-30 May 44
LIRI VALLEY	Hitler Line	18-24 May 44
GOTHIC LINE	GOTHIC LINE	25 Aug 22 Sep 44
RIMINI LINE	RIMINI LINE	14-21 Sep 44
	Cesena	15-20 Sep 44
	Savio Bridgehead	20-23 Sep 44
LAMONE CROSSING	LAMONE CROSSING	2-13 Dec 44
	Naviglio Canal	12-15 Dec 44
	Fosso Vecchio	16-18 Dec 44
	Fosso Munio	19-21 Dec 44
ITALY 1943-45	ITALY 1943-45	3 Sep 43 – 22 Apr 45
	Apeldoorn	11-17 Apr 45
	NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1945
South-West Asia
South-West Asia	Afghanistan		Announced 9 May 2014

Second World War Honorary Distinction

Announced by Canadian Forces General Order 031/15, the following Honorary Distiction was awarded to the North Saskatchewan Regiment:

"The wartime badge of the Regina Rifle Regiment with the year dates "1944-45" to the North Saskatchewan Regiment in recognition of the role played by the Prince Albert And Battleford Volunteers in the mobilization of the Canadian Active Service Force (CASF) unit of the Regina Rifle Regiment."

Histories:

1st Battalion, the Saskatoon Light Infantry MG, Canadian Army Overseas: Honour roll, 10th July, 1943 to 8th May, 1945, Sicily, Italy, Holland. Aldershot, England: Gale & Polden, 1945
A Resume of the story of 1st Battalion, the Saskatoon Light Infantry: (M.G.) Canadian army, overseas / by Drayton Ernest Walker. Saskatoon: General Printing & Bookbinding, 1947.

Battle Honours of the Canadian Army

The North Saskatchewan Regiment

Second World War Honorary Distinction

Histories:

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