Royal Regina Rifles

The Royal Regina Rifles • Originated 3 July 1905 in Regina, Saskatchewan when a "regiment of infantry in the districts of Assiniboia and Saskatchewan" was authorized • Redesignated 2 April 1907 as the 95th Regiment • Redesignated 1 May 1908 as a rifle regiment • Redesignated 1 June 1909 as two separate regiments, designated the 105th Regiment (now The North Saskatchewan Regiment) and the 95th Regiment • Redesignated 16 September 1913 as the 95th "Saskatchewan Rifles" • Amalgamated 15 March 1920 with the 60th Rifles of Canada and redesignated as The South Saskatchewan Regiment • Reorganized 15 May 1924 into five separate regiments: The Weyburn Regiment (now The South Saskatchewan Regiment); The Saskatchewan Border Regiment (now The South Saskatchewan Regiment); The South Saskatchewan Regiment (now The Saskatchewan Dragoons); The Assiniboia Regiment (now the 10th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA); and The Regina Rifle Regiment • Amalgamated 15 December 1936 with the 'Headquarters' and 'A Company' of the 12th Machine Gun Battalion, CMGC and retaining the designation as The Regina Rifle Regiment • Redesignated 7 November 1940 as the 2nd Battalion, The Regina Rifle Regiment • Redesignated 4 April 1946 as The Regina Rifle Regiment • Redesignated 5 July 1982 as The Royal Regina Rifle Regiment • Redesignated 24 October 1984 as The Royal Regina Rifles The 60th Rifles of Canada • Originated 2 January 1913 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan as the 60th Rifles of Canada • Amalgamated 15 March 1920 with the 95th Saskatchewan Rifles The 12th Machine Gun Battalion, CMGC • Originated 1 June 1919 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan as the 12th Machine Gun Brigade, CMGC • Redesignated 15 September 1924 as the 12th Machine Gun Battalion, CMGC • Amalgamated 15 December 1936 with The Regina Rifle Regiment ==Operational history==

The Great War Details of the 95th Saskatchewan Rifles were placed on active service on 6 August 1914 for local protective duty. Lieutenant-Colonel A. C. Garner commanded the battalion throughout its existence. Between the Wars On 15 May 1924, following extensive reorganizations of the Canadian Militia, each of the South Saskatchewan Regiment's battalions became a distinct regiment, and the Regina Rifle Regiment was created from the 1st Battalion. In the 1936 reorganization of the Militia, the Headquarters and A Company of the 12th Machine Gun Battalion, CMGC, merged into the Regina Rifles, which existed as a single battalion militia regiment until 1939. The regiment mobilized the 3rd Battalion, The Regina Rifle Regiment, CASF, for active service on 12 May 1942. It was subsequently redesignated the 2nd Airfield Defence Battalion (The Regina Rifle Regiment), CASF, on 19 July 1943 and served in Canada in a home defence role as part of Pacific Command. It was disbanded on 15 November 1943. 2015 onwards Soldiers of the Royal Regina Rifles contribute to domestic and expeditionary operations on a regular basis. ; Operation Lentus : Wildfires in Saskatchewan's north threatening life and property of Canadians. ; Operation Reassurance : NATO's commitment to stability in Eastern Europe. Freedom of the city On 5 September 2015, the largest freedom of the city parade in Regina since the end of the Second World War was exercised by the Royal Regina Rifles. Collaborating with all local military units (; 10th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA; 38 Signal Regiment; 38 Service Battalion; 16 Field Ambulance; and 15 Wing Moose Jaw) a Canadian Armed Forces Open House was held at the Regina Armoury throughout the day. The culmination of the day was a charity gala dinner entertaining over 315 guests. The patron for the evening was the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan. The charity raised seed money for a rewrite of the regimental history. Previous to that a freedom of the city was exercised by the Royal Regina Rifles in Regina on June 4, 2007. ==Perpetuations==

The Great War • 28th Battalion (Northwest), CEF • 68th Battalion (Regina), CEF • 195th (City of Regina) Battalion, CEF. ==Battle honours==

In the list below, battle honours in capitals were awarded for participation in large operations and campaigns, while those in lowercase indicate honours granted for more specific battles. Rifle regiments do not carry colours. They may emblazon their battle honours on regimental appointments such as cap badges. Those battle honours in bold type are authorized to be emblazoned on regimental appointments. ==Alliances==

• Up the Johns! The Story of the Royal Regina Rifles by Stewart A.G Mein (1992) • In the flashback scenes in the film I Confess, where Montgomery Clift is a soldier in World War II, he is wearing a uniform with a "Regina Rifle Regiment Canada" shoulder patch. ==Regimental Museum of The Royal Regina Rifles==

The Regimental Museum of The Royal Regina Rifles is in the Regina Armoury in the Saskatchewan Military Museum. ==Regimental church==

The regimental church is St. Paul's Cathedral in Regina. The colours of units that the Royal Regina Rifles perpetuate hang in perpetuity in the cathedral. ==Lineage chart==