The South Saskatchewan Regiment was an infantry

Infantry

Infantrymen are soldiers who are specifically trained for the role of fighting on foot to engage the enemy face to face and have historically borne the brunt of the casualties of combat in wars. As the oldest branch of combat arms, they are the backbone of armies...

 regiment

Regiment

A regiment is a major tactical military unit, composed of variable numbers of batteries, squadrons or battalions, commanded by a colonel or lieutenant colonel...

 of the Canadian Forces

Canadian Forces

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 formed in 1936 by the amalgamation of The Weyburn Regiment

The Weyburn Regiment

The Weyburn Regiment was a regiment created in 1924 from the reorganization of The South Saskatchewan Regiment. In 1936, the Weyburn Regiment was amalgamated with The Saskatchewan Border Regiment to reform the South Saskatchewan Regiment....

 and The Saskatchewan Border Regiment

The Saskatchewan Border Regiment

The Saskatchewan Border Regiment was a regiment based in southern Saskatchewan. In 1936 it was combined with the Weyburn Regiment to form the South Saskatchewan Regiment. The South Saskatchewan Regiment , in 1924, was reorganized and split into various smaller regiments. The South Sasks were...

. It was reduced to nil strength and placed on the Supplementary Order of Battle

Supplementary Order of Battle

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 (i.e., virtually disbanded) in 1968. They participated in the 1942 Dieppe Raid

Dieppe Raid

The Dieppe Raid, also known as the Battle of Dieppe, Operation Rutter or later on Operation Jubilee, during the Second World War, was an Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe on the northern coast of France on 19 August 1942. The assault began at 5:00 AM and by 10:50 AM the Allied...

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The regiment traces its lineage to July 3, 1905, when an infantry regiment was authorized in the District of Assiniboia and the District of Saskatchewan

District of Saskatchewan

The District of Saskatchewan was a regional administrative district of Canada's Northwest Territories. Much of the area was incorporated into the province of Saskatchewan. The western part became part of Alberta, and the eastern part is now part of Manitoba. Its capital was Prince Albert...

, which later that year became the province of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

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