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| (From left) Jocelyn Hutchinson, friend of the Saskatchewan Dragoons regiment, Moose Jaw Wakamow MLA Greg Lawrence and his wife Marjorie admire some of the banners on display at the Lt.-Col. D.V. Currie Armoury on Friday night. Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy |
The Suicide Batallion in the First World War had its headquarters at the Lt.-Col. D.V. Currie Armoury in Moose Jaw.
The 46th Canadian Infantry Battalion,
deployed on Aug. 10, 1916, received the nickname the Suicide Battalion
because 91.5 per cent of the regiment died. A total of 1,433 died and
3,484 were wounded, some with serious injuries.
“Moose Jaw lost a lot of young men and when you
think of what happened back then, these guys were all the farmers. They
were all the people who were young and upcoming,” said Jocelyn
Hutchinson, friend of the Saskatchewan Dragoons regiment. “That’s why
this means so much.”
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