This plaque is part of a campaign started in 2020 by the Royal United Services Institute of Regina, a local organization of civilians and retired military personnel, to install a series of twelve commemorative plaques around the cenotaph. It was unveiled on July 10, 2022. The plaques explain Canada's wartime history.
The 14th Canadian Hussars was originally formed in Swift Current on 1 April 1910 as the 27th Light Horse and eventually renamed on 1 August 1940. Its First World War battalion was the 209th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force, which was awarded seven Battle Honours.
On 11 February 1941 the 8th Reconnaissance Regiment (14th Canadian Hussars) was formed in England. It comprised a levee of soldiers from each unit in the 2nd Canadian Division, members from Swift Current and newly trained crewmen from Camp Dundurn, Saskatchewan. As the Reconnaissance Regiment of 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, it advanced in front of the Division and reported on the enemy and terrain. The unit landed in France on 6 July 1944 and participated in the Battle of Normandy. Then, as part of the 1st Canadian Army, the Regiment fought to clear the channel ports and was the first unit to liberate Dieppe. Next was fighting in Belgium and the Netherlands, the Battle of the Scheldt and the final liberation of the Netherlands, culminating in Germany with the surrender of German forces. The Regiment was awarded 15 Battle Honours for its service during the Second World War. A total of 106 members of the Regiment lost their lives in the Second World War.
