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 8 August 2022. The plaques explain Canada's wartime history.
The Regina Rifle Regiment originated in Regina on 3 July 1905 as an infantry unit originally designated the 95th Regiment. During the First World War it served as the 28th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force, part of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, with 933 lives lost and 18 Battle Honours awarded.
Known as the Regina Rifles Regiment when the Second World War began, the full Regiment was mobilized for active service on 24 May 1940. It embarked for Britain in August 1941 and saw action in Europe with the 7th Infantry Brigade of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division. On D-Day, 6 June 1944, the Regina Rifles landed among the first wave and advanced inland, securing all its objectives for the initial assault. As part of the 1st Canadian Army the Regiment fought through Normandy, then along the Channel ports into Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Some of their most bitter fighting was in the Battle of the Scheldt, fighting through flooded land against a determined foe, and helping to take part in the liberation of the Netherlands and was in action in Germany when the war in Europe ended. The unit was awarded 30 Battle Honours for its service. The Regiment exists today as They Royal Regina Rifles.
