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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.

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.

HMCS Regina was a revised Flower Class Corvette named for the city of Regina, and served in the Second World War. She was designed as a convoy escort vessel, with a length of 62.5 metres, a 102 mm gun, various machine guns, a hedgehog mortar, 40 depth charges, sonar and radar. Her maximum speed was 16 knots (30 km/h).

Her crew of 85 served in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean, escorting convoys and supporting the invasion of North Africa and the D-Day landings. She was credited with sinking the Italian submarine Acorto off the coast of Algeria on 8 February 1943. On 8 August 1944, while rescuing the crew of a damaged American Liberty Ship off the coast of Cornwall, England, she was struck by a torpedo from the German submarine U-667 and sank with the loss of 30 crew members. HMCS Regina was awarded five Battle Honours.

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.

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.

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 August 19, 2022. The plaques explain Canada's wartime history.

Flower Class Corvette HMCS Weyburn was named for the City of Weyburn, and served in the Second World War. Designed as a convoy escort vessel, she had a length of 63.5 metres, a 102 mm gun, various machine guns, a hedgehog mortar, 40 depth charges, sonar and radar. Her maximum speed was 16 knots (30km/h).

With a crew of 85 she served in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean, escorting convoys and supporting the invasion of North Africa. On two occasions she rescued merchant marine sailors from torpedoed ships. On 22 February 1943, off the coast of Gibraltar, she struck a mine and sank. The crew also suffered from the ship's depth charges exploding as the ship sank. Seven of her crew were killed. HMCS Weyburn was awarded two Battle Honours.

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 August 19, 2022. The plaques explain Canada's wartime history.

The South Saskatchewan Regiment originated in Regina on 3 July 1905 as a regiment of infantry. During the First World War it served as the 152nd  Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force and was awarded two Battle Honours. After several name changes following the First World War, it became the South Saskatchewan Regiment on 15 December 1935 and operated in the Estevan and Weyburn area.

With the outbreak of the Second World War the Regiment was mobilized on 1 September 1939. It embarked for England in December 1940. In Europe it served with the 6th Brigade, 2nd Canadian Infantry Division. It first saw action in the 19 August 1942 Dieppe Raid for which Commanding Officer Lieutenant-Colonel Cecil Merrit was awarded the Victoria Cross. It then landed again in France on 8 July 1944 and participated in the Battle of Normandy. As part of the 1st Canadian Army, it fought along the Channel ports and into Belgium and the Netherlands where it was involved in the Battle of the Scheldt and the liberation of the Netherlands, followed by action in Germany at the time of surrender of German forces. The South Saskatchewan Regiment was awarded 18 Battle Honours. A total of 475 members of the Regiment lost their lives in the Second World War.

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 11, 2024. The plaques explain Canada's wartime history.

The War Brides Plaque commemorates the more than 25,000 British women that married British soldiers during the First World War and the 47,783 war bride marriages from the Second World War.

All 15 Victoria Cross recipients on the Wall of Honour lived in Saskatchewan at one time. The shadow boxes were unveiled on a temporary mounting at a ceremony in the Legislative Building on 7 November 2018 and later moved to room 218.

In 1995, the Province placed a bronze plaque at each of their last residence.

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 August 31, 2023. The plaques explain Canada's wartime history.

The plaque commemorates those who served with the Merchant Navy in the World Wars.

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 August 1, 2023. The plaques explain Canada's wartime history.

This plaque commemorates those who served and have no known grave.