Title: Reunion - South Saskatchewan Regiment Assn. (BC Div.), Sidney, BC, 1990.

Pictured: (L - R) Lt. Col. C.C.I. (Cecil) Merritt, V.C. ; L.S.G. (Les) Moore, President (BC Div.); Br. Gen. F.A. (Fred) Clift, D.S.O., M.I.D., C.D., C.G.E.V.

Lt. Col. Merritt commanded the Regiment in the Dieppe Raid, August 19, 1942. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions, wounded and taken prisoner, at Pourville, in that Raid.

Les Moore was with the Regiment in Normandy. He was taken prisoner on July 20, 1944, in the horrendous action in the wheat fields at Verriers Ridge, later to be referred to as "Hell’s Corner." He escaped from his German captors after 30 days. Subsequently, he wrote a short book on his experiences, "30 Days - - A Lifetime."

B. Gen. Clift commanded the Regiment, as Lt. Col. Clift, in England, before it landed in Normandy, France, on July 7 & 8, 1944. He continued to command the Regiment in Normandy, including during the battle, on August 16, 1944, for the town of Falaise. On August 24, 1944, he was promoted to Brigadier and given command of the 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade, which included the South Saskatchewan Regiment. He suffered a bullet wound, that broke his leg, on August 29, 1944, during the Foret de la Londe battle.