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| unit_name = The Saskatchewan Border Regiment
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| dates = 1924-1936
| country = Canada
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| branch = [[Canadian Militia]]
| type = Line infantry
| role = [[Infantry]]
| size = One regiment
| command_structure = [[Non-Permanent Active Militia]]
| garrison = [[Estevan, Saskatchewan]]
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| battles = [[First World War]]
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*Arras, 1917
*Hill 70
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'''The Saskatchewan Border Regiment''' was an [[infantry]] [[regiment]] of the [[Non-Permanent Active Militia]] of the [[Canadian Militia]] (now the [[Canadian Army]]). The regiment was created in 1924 in [[Estevan, Saskatchewan]], from the reorganization of The South Saskatchewan Regiment into five separate regiments. In 1936, The Saskatchewan Border Regiment was amalgamated with [[The Weyburn Regiment]] to re-form [[The South Saskatchewan Regiment]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Guide to Sources Relating to the Canadian Militia (Infantry, Cavalry, Armored)|website=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/Documents/RG9-58_EN-final.pdf}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Defence|first=National|date=2018-11-13|title=The South Saskatchewan Regiment|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/official-military-history-lineages/lineages/infantry-regiments/south-saskatchewan.html|access-date=2022-01-03|website=www.canada.ca}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2007-11-08 |title=The Saskatchewan Border Regiment [Canada] |url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/na-canada/volmil/sk-inf/924SaskB.htm |access-date=2022-01-03 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108121723/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/na-canada/volmil/sk-inf/924SaskB.htm |archive-date=8 November 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
The Saskatchewan Border Regiment originated as the ''95th Regiment'' on July 3, 1905, with headquarters in [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]]. A Company and B Company of the 95th Regiment were designated the ''60th Rifles of Canada'' during [[World War I]]. On August 6, 1914, troops from the 95th Saskatchewan Rifles and the 60th Rifles of Canada were placed on active service, contributing officers and other ranks to the [[46th Battalion (South Saskatchewan), CEF|46th Battalion]], [[Canadian Expeditionary Force]] (CEF), throughout World War I.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">
{{cite book
| author = Buchanan, G.B.
| title = The March of the Prairie Men: A Story of the South Saskatchewan Regiment.
| publisher = South Saskatchewan Regiment Association
| year = 1958
| location = Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada }}</ref>

On March 15, 1920, as a result of the Canadian Militia reforms following the [[Otter Commission]], the 95th Saskatchewan Rifles were amalgamated with the 60th Rifles of Canada and was renamed ''[[The South Saskatchewan Regiment (1920-1924)|The South Saskatchewan Regiment]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Guide to Sources Relating to the Canadian Militia (Infantry, Cavalry, Armored)|website=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/Documents/RG9-58_EN-final.pdf}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=www.canadiansoldiers.com|url=http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/organization/ottercommittee.htm|access-date=2022-01-03|website=www.canadiansoldiers.com}}</ref>

On 15 May 1924, The South Saskatchewan Regiment was reorganized into five separate regiments: [[Regina Rifle Regiment|''The Regina Rifle Regiment'']], ''[[The Assiniboia Regiment]]'' (now the ''[[10th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA]]''), ''[[The Weyburn Regiment]]'', ''The Saskatchewan Border Regiment'', and ''The South Saskatchewan Regiment'' (later redesignated on 15 September 1924, as ''The King's Own Rifles of Canada'' and now ''[[The Saskatchewan Dragoons]]'').<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Guide to Sources Relating to the Canadian Militia (Infantry, Cavalry, Armored)|website=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/Documents/RG9-58_EN-final.pdf}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Defence|first=National|date=2018-11-06|title=The Royal Regina Rifles|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/official-military-history-lineages/lineages/infantry-regiments/royal-regina-rifles.html|access-date=2022-01-03|website=www.canada.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Defence|first=National|date=2018-11-29|title=The Saskatchewan Dragoons|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/official-military-history-lineages/lineages/armour-regiments/saskatchewan-dragoons.html|access-date=2022-01-03|website=www.canada.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Defence|first=National|date=2019-01-28|title=10th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/official-military-history-lineages/lineages/artillery-regiments/10th-field-artillery-regiment.html|access-date=2022-01-03|website=www.canada.ca}}</ref>

On 15 December 1936, as a result of the 1936 Canadian Militia reorganization, The Saskatchewan Border Regiment was amalgamated with [[The Weyburn Regiment]] to form ''[[The South Saskatchewan Regiment]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Guide to Sources Relating to the Canadian Militia (Infantry, Cavalry, Armored)|website=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/Documents/RG9-58_EN-final.pdf}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Defence|first=National|date=2018-04-24|title=The Reorganization of the Canadian Militia, 1936|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/official-military-history-lineages/reports/army-headquarters-1948-1959/reorganization-canadian-militia-1936.html|access-date=2022-01-03|website=www.canada.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=www.canadiansoldiers.com|url=http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/organization/1936modernization.htm|access-date=2022-01-03|website=www.canadiansoldiers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Minute Book|url=http://www.regimentalrogue.com/blog/index.blog/2342721/the-1936-reorganization-of-the-militia/|access-date=2022-01-03|website=www.regimentalrogue.com}}</ref>

The South Saskatchewan Regiment later went on to serve as part of the [[2nd Canadian Division during World War II|2nd Canadian Infantry Division]] during the [[Second World War]], most notably during the [[Dieppe Raid]] of August 1942 and later during the [[Normandy Campaign]] of 1944.<ref name=":2" />

== Perpetuations ==

* [[152nd (Weyburn-Estevan) Battalion, CEF|152nd Battalion, CEF]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Guide to Sources Relating to the Canadian Militia (Infantry, Cavalry, Armored)|website=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/Documents/RG9-58_EN-final.pdf}}</ref><ref name=":3" />

== Organization ==
The Saskatchewan Border Regiment had its regimental headquarters at [[Estevan, Saskatchewan]], and companies at Estevan, [[Carnduff]], [[Lampman]] and Neptune.<ref name=":0" />

== Alliances ==
Until 1936, The Saskatchewan Border Regiment was allied to [[The Border Regiment]].<ref name=":3" />

== Battle honours ==

=== The Great War ===

* '''[[Arras, 1917]]'''
* '''[[Hill 70]]'''<ref name=":3" />

==Media==
* The March of the Prairie Men. A Story of the South Saskatchewan Regiment by Lt. Col. G. B. Buchanan (1900)

==References==
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[[Category:Infantry regiments of Canada]]
[[Category:Military units and formations of Saskatchewan]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1905]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1968]]
[[Category:1905 establishments in Canada]]

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