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 10 July 2022. The plaques explain Canada's wartime history.
The Saskatoon Light Infantry originated on 1 April 1912, when the 105th Regiment was formed in that city. During the First World War its members served with the 5th and 65th Battalions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force as part of the 1st and 4th Canadian Infantry Divisions, with 1,297 lives lost and 23 Battle Honours awarded.
On 1 September 1939, the Saskatoon Light Infantry (Machine Gun) 1st Battalion was placed on active service, then embarked for England in December that year and participated in the expedition to Spitzbergen in August 1941. The Battalion participated in Operation Husky landing in Sicily in July 1943 and the subsequent invasion of Italy as part of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division. The unit provided specialized weapon companies supporting other units of their brigade using Vickers machine guns, 4.2 Inch mortars and 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns. In February 1945 the Battalion and the rest of the 1st Canadian Corps left Italy to join the 1st Canadian Army in North West Europe for the liberation of the Netherlands and invasion of Germany. The Saskatoon Light Infantry was awarded a total of 21 Battle Honours for its service during the Second World War. The Regiment serves today as the North Saskatchewan Regiment.
