History

Publications

1940/1945-Canada/Holland-1990 The Canadian Sacrifice - Adegem-Bergen Op Zoom-Groesbeek-Holten-Hun Kruizen-Onze Vrijheid. Historische Uitgave Nr2 Mei 1990

30 Days - - A Lifetime. By Les Moore.

30th Anniversary of the Dieppe Raid 19 August 1942. Published under the authority of the minister of Veterans Affairs for Canada. August, 1972.

America strikes back. The exciting sequel to Of love & war.Chapter 8 By Steve Brown. Chick Springs Publishing. Taylors, South Carolina, 2001.

"Anne Frank Magazine." Anne Frank House. Public Relations Department. Box 730, 1000 AS Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

The Antelope. The SSR newsletter by Peter Maule.

The Art of Looting as practised by some members of the Canadian Army in NW Europe 1944-1945

"A voice with a Wallop!" by Major Denny Ryan, from Sentinel; and "Another type of military band", Islander, Sunday, October 20, 1985, page M3. Submitted by Pat Marshall in reference to Lieutenant Colonel F.J. Picking.

Black Powder, Estevan 1931 script by Rex Deverell, music and lyrics by Geoffrey Ursell. ISBN: 0-919926-13-4 Published by Coteau Books. 1981.

Boy soldier 1944, a pilgrimage 1994. Nancy S. Goodman and C.E. "Chic" Goodman. Erris Press. North Saanich, B.C., 1997.

A continuing adventure. By B. Gen. Frederick Clift. Copyright Gerry Clift.

Canadezen in actie by Hen Bollen and Paul Vroemen. ISBN 90-6255-599-3. Publisher: Terra.

Canada at Dieppe by T. Murray Hunter with a foreword by C.P. Stacey. ISBN 0-919511-06-6 Publisher: Balmuir Book Publishing LTD. Copyright: Canadian War Museum 1982.

Dieppe 1942-1997. The faces of memory. Edite par la Ville de Dieppe avec l'Association Jubilee. 1997

Dieppe 1942, The Jubilee Disaster by Ronald Atkin. Publisher: Macmillan London Limited, 1980. ISBN:0-333-19187-0.

Dieppe. Operation Jubilee. 19 août 1942. 4:50 A.M. le sacrifices des canadiens. Par Philippe Ché ron, Thiery Chion, Olivier Richard.

Dieppe, The Shame & the Glory. by Terence Robertson. Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press Book, Little, Brown and Company, 1962.

"Latest Word on the German Radar Station at Pourville" By W.M. (Bill) Sutherland with C.E. (Cec) Law. Edmonton, 12Jul2004.

An Erk among the Elks. By Harold Bonnett. The Book Guild Ltd. Lewes, Sussex. ISBN 1857762886

Flight of the Thunderbird By Bev Lundahl. Bev Lundahl searches for the totem that graced HMCS Quesnel during World War II.

Friendly Fire Story - A letter from B. Howard to Dave Robinson, and Dave's Version of the Same Story.

Green Beach. By James Leasor. Heinemann 1975.

Groningen Liberation 14-20 April, 1945

Ernest Hamlett -veteran of the 'Arnhem Drop'- obituary - By Jean James.

Herinneringscentrum Kamp Westerbork. Rijksinstituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie. Amsterdam, 1984.

"History of the SSR" - Weyburn Review, 8May1985.

"History of the SSR" - by Lieut. R.J. Wilkinson - Estevan Mercury, 18Jul1940.

"Invasion of Normandy" - By Jack Muirhead, 10th Canadian Field Ambulance.

"Just a Common Soldier" - A poem by A.Lawrence Vaincourt, submitted by Bill Sutherland.

Kamp Westerbork. Transit camp to eternity: The liberation story. By Cecil E. Law. Canadian Peace Keeping Press. Clementsport, 2000.

Letters from Westerbork. By Etty Hillesum. Pantheon Books. New York, 1986.

Lt. Col. Merritt, V.C., Released from German Camp by US Troops The Maple Leaf. Vol. 3, No. 24. Bruxelles-Belique. Monday, April 23rd, 1945.

The march of the prairie men. The history of the South Saskatchewan Regiment. Originally created By LT. Col. G.B. Buchanan, M.B.E.. Ottawa, 1956. The re-published book retails for $29.95 and can be purchased from CEF BOOKS AT cefbooks@rogers.com or 613-823-7000. See www.cefbooks.ca . See more details about cover.

"Memories and reflections of the Dieppe Raid of August 19, 1942." Co-authored by Lt. Col. John S Edmondson and son R. Douglas Edmondson, written October 1993, revised July 2003.

"A Metis Family Legacy: Five Men Who Went to War" A tribute by Mary Rose Boyer. New Breed Magazine. Summer-Fall, 2007. pp. 18-27.

"Operation Dynamite" - Night-fighting Patrol - Groesbeek - 20Dec44. "Huns harried by couple of courageous Canucks". Unknown newspaper source.

"Operation Jubilee", By Cecil Law. This Country Canada, Volume 1, Number 1. Summer, 1992. pages 42-53. (The Dieppe Raid and the South Saskatchewan Regiment's participation at Green Beach/Pourville.)

Operation Jubilee - The deadly raid on Dieppe - 19th August 1942. By Cecil Law, 1992.

A prairie town goes to war - By Jenni Mortin. 815 Temperance St., Saskatoon S7N 0M8. Available at $20 plus $5 shipping from author.

Prematurely posthumous - Vancouver Province - By Bob Stall.

Presentation of Colours to SSR

The raid on Dieppe. 55th Anniversary commemoration. 19 August 1942. Government of Canada. Veterans Affairs.

"Renowned Regiment From Prairies Boosts Boche From Calcar Hills" - By Captain Jack Golding. Originally published in the Maple Leaf - date unknown.

"Reports on Dieppe Raid" - By 31 different veterans!

"Salute the Soldier" - A poem by A.P. Herbert.

"South Saskatchewan Regiment, now on line" - Estevan Mercury, Wednesday, May 2, 2001, page A2. Article by Norm Park.

"The South Saskatchewan Regiment" - An extract from: The Regiments and Corps of The Canadian Army. Prepared by the Army Historical Section. Volume I of the Canadian Army List. Published by Authority of the Minister of National Defence. Ottawa, 1964. pp. 215-216.

"Soviet Russia Today, June 1943."Many people forget that the Soviet Union, the United States, Canada, and Great Britain were allies at this time. Contributed by Louis Waxman.

Slag om Woensdrecht: bevrijding van de Zuidwesthoek, Oktober 1944. Een Uitgave van Stichting Historisch Onderzoek Tweede Wereldoorlog. Oktober, 1995. ISBN 90-802126-2-8

Vier dagen in Groningen - April 45 A work started by M.H Huizinga of Groningen, who passed away 1998; completed by B. van Leusen of Alkmaar, 1999. ISBN: 90-76457-05-0 Publisher: RECO, Postbus 70-002, 9704AA Groningen.

"War and Victory".The Weyburn Review. 5May1995. See also Weyburn Review Booster, 18Aug1982.

The way we were. By Ken Bell. The University of Toronto Press. Toronto, 1988.

When Japan Bombed Saskatchewan. By Harold Fenske. Reprinted from Folklore magazine, with permission from the author.

Winning the Radar War. By Jack Nissen.

Maps

Map Section

Photo Gallery

Photo Gallery

Documents and Records

50 jaar na datum - 50th Anniversary Celebration of Canadian liberation of Diemen and Amsterdam

About the SSR - a history written by former SSR Officers - 1992

Action Report - Battle of the Foret de la Londe & Major E.W. Thomas report.

Activities by date 1Sep1939-20Nov45 as reported by Weyburn Review.

Letter from G.B. Buchanan to crew of H.M.S. Princess Beatrix

Canadian Prisoners of War in Stalag 344 Lamsdorf

Casualty List prepared by Cec Law, March, 2001

Casualty Lists by Cec Law - May, 2002

Casualty List - revised - Cec Law - 24Aug2005

Christmas Dinner Menu - 1944

Dieppe - a poem by Myra Smith, Indian Head, Saskatchewan.

Dieppe Raid - reports by S.S.R. Officers

Field Return of Officers - 16Sep1944

Foret de la Londe/Bray Dunes - Dave Robinson’s account

In Flander's Fields

Letter by Frederick A. Clift - Dieppe-Falaise-Caen

Lili Marlene

A Memorable Day for the S.S.R. by H. Gordon Walker

Memorial Service for Lt. Col. C. C. I. Merritt

Movement Orders 7Jul1944-7Jul1945

Nominal Roll supplied by Weyburn SSR office, 2001: This is the main list of SSR soldiers.

Nominal Roll - Dieppe Raid, 19Aug1942

Nominal Roll - Men who moved from England to France, Summer, 1944

Nominal Roll - March 1942

Nominal Roll - Members of the S.S.R. who moved from Toronto on 13 Dec 1940 and set sail from Halifax on the Penland on 16 Dec. landing in Gourock scotland on 25 Dec 1940.

"November 1945"

Commanding Officer List

Personal Records of a Soldier - George Frederick Carratt's Soldier's Service Book, Service and Casualty Form, Standing Orders.

POWS - SSR - Prisoners of War List

Revised Casualty List prepared by Cec Law, 16Apr2001

Royal Air Force - No. 38 Service Flying Training School - Estevan

Silver Star recipient Captain Edmund H. Marriott - an extract from a U.S. Forces, European Theatre document

South of England by Lt. Col. C.C.I. Merritt

SSR soldiers in hair dressing parlour - the Geryl story

South Saskatchewan Co 'D' Fighting Patrol - an extract from Historische Uitgave Nr 2. Mei 1990. Bevrijdingsmuseum 1994, Groesbeek, Nederland.

Victoria Cross locations and links

Welcome Home ceremony, November 1945, Weyburn - brochure

Weyburn 14Sep2002 Reunion - List of Attendees

Weyburn 14Sep2002 Reunion - Minutes including motion to disband

Poetry

The Prose and Poetry of Bruce Bairnsfather

Wartime Cartoons of Bruce Bairnsfather

An Ode to the S.S.R., by Norman Mycock

The Cross, by Norman Mycock

Dieppe, author unknown

Dieppe, by Myra Smith

Dufresne's Daring Deed, by Norman Mycock

The Eleventh Commandment, by Norman Mycock

From Groesbeek to the Rhine, by Norman Mycock

The Men of Maple Leaf(The Gronigen Scroll), by Jan Piest

"My Dream", by Murray Osten

The Price They Pay, by Norman Mycock

Remember by Casey Jones

S Sask R "UP" by Sgt. Hank Forness

The S.S.R. Comes Home, by Norman Mycock

That Blighty Leave, by Norman Mycock

Toast to the 50th Anniversary of the SSR

Tribute - by Hugh Goudy

Why people should wear a poppy - by Hugh Goudy

War Diary

Note: Adobe Acrobat Reader is required for viewing some of these files. Acrobat Reader is available free for download at www.adobe.com.
Larger print version of the diaries are available for the period July 1944 to May 1945; to see these, manually remove the month portion of the URL, (http://cap.estevan.sk.ca/ssr/documents/jul44/JulyPage1.jpg becomes http://cap.estevan.sk.ca/ssr/documents/jul44/1.jpg
) and press enter.

These images of the SSR War diary are digital camera or scanned copies of copies obtained by PT Maule from the National Archives of Canada on June 18, 1996. Copyright statement.

September 1939 (Acrobat reader required)

December 1940 (Acrobat reader required)

August 1942 (Acrobat reader required)

July 1944

August 1944

September 1944

October 1944

November 1944

December 1944

January 1945

February 1945

March 1945

April 1945

May 1945

Post WWII SSR Militia

History and Photos of the SSR Militia

The Language of World War 2

Military Jargon

Other Sources

Canadian Army Newsreels - Dieppe World War II

CBC interview by Colin Grewar of Gregory Salmers about SSR web site, 09Nov2001.

Link to Harry Palmer Gallery - Jack Nissenthall Story- The VC Hero Who Never Was. Includes extensive bibliography at end of article.

Photo Gallery

The Story of Sergeant Bill. From Saskatchewan Trivia Challenge by Robin and Arlene Karpan. Includes other sources.

Click here to download the SSR Song (no special software required)
SSR Song sheet music - to see and hear this music, you need to download FinaleNotePad for free.

The True Story of the Christmas Truce - WWI