The Royal Regina Rifles #1

The Royal Regina Rifles ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The 1st Battalion, The Regina Rifle Regiment, Assault Landing at Courseulles, France, June 1944. Painting by O.N. Fisher, 1950

History and Regimental Knowledge The Royal Regina Rifles ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

1. What do you know about your Regiment? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

1. What do you know about your Regiment? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

How did you score? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

2. What does it mean to be a Rifle?

Old Rifle Brigade Song ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Origin of the Royal Regina Rifles ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What is a Rifle Regiment? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Thomas Plunket(t) (died in 1851 or 1852) was an Irish soldier in the British 95th (Experimental Corps) Rifles. Plunket shot the French Général de Brigade Auguste-Marie-François Colbertat a range of between 200 and 600 metres using a Baker rifle.

What is a Rifle Regiment? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What is a Rifle Regiment? ,[object Object],[object Object],Fording the Alma, September 1854 by Louis A Johns. Showing 2nd Bn. Rifle Brigade leading the Light Division across the River Alma during the Crimean War. Courtesy RGJ Museum

What is a Rifle Regiment? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

3. Regimental history and lineage of the Royal Regina Rifles

The 95 th Regiment ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The 95th Saskatchewan Rifles ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Cap badge, the 95 th Saskatchewan Rifles

The 28 th (Northwest) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The 28 th (Northwest) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The 28 th (Northwest) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],In 1926, the 28 th Battalion Association built its own memorial statue on the Legislative Grounds.

Cap badge, the 28 th (Northwest) Battalion, CEF

Other Battalions formed in Regina during World War I ,[object Object],1) The 68 th Battalion (Overseas Battalion Regina) 2) The 195 th (City of Regina) 3) The 249 th Battalion

The South Saskatchewan Regiment ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The South Saskatchewan Regiment ,[object Object],[object Object]

The Regina Rifle Regiment ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Regina Rifle Regiment 1920’s and 30’s ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Regina Rifle Regiment 1920’s and 30’s ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Regina Rifle Regiment The Second World War ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Regina Rifle Regiment The Second World War ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Regina Rifle Regiment The 1 st Battalion - The Second World War ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Regina Rifle Regiment The 1 st Battalion - The Second World War ,[object Object],[object Object],Personnel of the Regina Rifles preparing to attack enemy in Moyland Wood near Calcar, Germany, 16 February 1945.

The Regina Rifle Regiment Battle Honours (20) – World War II Battle Honours earned by 1 st Battalion, Regina Rifle Regiment (Canadian Active Service Force). The honours in red may be emblazoned on the Regimental Colours. Since Rifle regiments do not carry colours, the battle honours are inscribed on the regimental badge and drums. Normandy Landing - The Scheldt - Bretteville-L'Orgevulleuse - Leopold Canal - Caen - Breskens Pocket - The Orne - The Rhineland - Bourguebus Ridge - Waal Flats - Fauboug de Vaucelles – Moyland Wood - Falaise - The Rhine - The Laison - Emmerich-Hoch Elten - The Seine, 1944 - Deventer - Calais, 1944 - North-West Europe, 1944-1945 Courseulles-sur-Mer - 2009

The Regina Rifle Regiment after World War II ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Armorial description of the Royal Regina Rifles ,[object Object],Superimposed upon the cross an annulus inscribed THE ROYAL REGINA RIFLES. On a shield within the annulus, the arms of the City of Regina (on the upper half a buffalo, on the lower half a sheaf of wheat) The arms of the cross inscribed with battle honours of the regiment selected to be borne on the badge .

Op. Harmony – ROTO 4 - Croatia April - October 1994 UNPROFOR

Marine Corps helicopters flying over “Tent City” 29 Palms California

2 Section / 9 Platoon / “C” COY

Entering the Zone of Separation (ZOS)

UN Observation Post (O.P.) Sierra Charlie 42

Moving into “SC-42” The town located behind “SC-42” had over 30,000 mines and traps.

Standing on the roof of “SC-42”

Charlie Company HQ Otherwise known as… “ KAMP KRUSTY”

Thanks for listening tonight and please do not hesitate to call or email anytime with questions. Future lectures will focus on specific battle honours as well as the soldiers of the Royal Regina Rifles.

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