During World War II the Regiment fought from July 1944 to May 1945 in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany.

Major David Vivian Currie of the SAR received the Victoria Cross for his actions near Saint-Lambert-sur-Dives, as the allies attempted to seal off the Falaise pocket.

Historian C. P. Stacey called it "as close as we are ever likely to come to a photograph of a man winning the Victoria Cross."

The Freedom of the City was exercised by the South Alberta Regiment in Nanaimo, British Columbia, in April, 1941.

[10] The SAR is now incorporated by amalgamation in the reserve reconnaissance regiment the South Alberta Light Horse.