Saskatchewan Dragoons

The Saskatchewan Dragoons
The Saskatchewan Dragoons badge
Active1913–present
CountryCanada
BranchCanadian Army
TypeArmoured reconnaissance
SizeOne squadron
Part of38 Canadian Brigade Group
Garrison/HQLCol D.V. Currie, VC Armoury, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Motto(s)Esprit d'initiative (French for 'spirit of initiative')
March"Punjaub"
Engagements
Battle honours
  • Mount Sorrel
  • Somme, 1916
  • Ancre Heights
  • Ancre, 1916
  • Arras, 1917, '18
  • Vimy, 1917
  • Hill 70
  • Ypres, 1917
  • Passchendaele
  • Amiens
  • Scarpe, 1918
  • Drocourt–Quéant
  • Hindenburg Line
  • Canal du Nord
  • Valenciennes
  • France and Flanders, 1916–18
  • Afghanistan
Websitearmy-armee.forces.gc.ca/en/3-canadian-division/the-saskatchewan-dragoons/index.page
Commanders
Colonel-in-ChiefPrince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh
Insignia
NATO Map Symbol

The Saskatchewan Dragoons is a Primary Reserve armoured regiment of the Canadian Army. The unit is based in Moose Jaw. Their primary job is to assist the Regular Force in meeting Canada's military commitments. Their training and equipment closely follow that of the Regular Force, which the Reserves are called upon to assist increasingly often. The Saskatchewan Dragoons are part of 3rd Canadian Division's 38 Canadian Brigade Group.

Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, became colonel-in-chief of the regiment on visiting Saskatchewan in 2003, when he congratulated the regiment on its "contribution to Canada's proud tradition of citizen-soldiers in the community". Involved in peacekeeping operations in Cyprus, the Golan Heights, Bosnia and Croatia, members of the regiment have also provided aid during floods and forest fires in the prairies.