Silver Cross Mother
The National Silver Cross Mother is chosen annually by The Royal Canadian Legion to represent the mothers of Canada at the National Remembrance Day Ceremony in Ottawa on 11 November. As the Silver Cross Mother, she will lay a wreath at the base of the National War Memorial on behalf of all mothers who lost children in the military service of their nation.
The Memorial Cross, the gift of Canada, was issued as a memento of personal loss and sacrifice on the part of widows and mothers of Canadian sailors and soldiers who died for their country during the war. Click here for more information on the Memorial Cross.
Here is a list of the previous recipients courtesy of the Royal Canadian Legion.
Silver Cross Mother
| Year | Name | Address |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Mrs. Mabel Girouard | Bathurst, New Brunswick |
| 2009 | Mrs. Della Marie Morley | East Saint Paul, Manitoba |
| 2008 | Mrs. Avril Dianna Stachnik | Waskatenau, Alberta |
| 2007 | Mrs. Wilhelmina Beerenfenger-Koehler | Embrun, Ontario |
| 2006 | Mrs. Alice Murphy | Conception Harbour, Newfoundland |
| 2005 | Mrs. Claire Léger | Stittsville, Ontario |
| 2004 | Mrs. Agatha Dyer | Montreal, Québec |
| 2003 | Mrs. Charlotte Lynn Smith | Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia |
| 2002 | Mrs. Doreen Coolen | Hubbards, Nova Scotia |
| 2001 | Mrs. Ina Galvin | Bolton centre, Québec |
| 2000 | Mrs. Carol Isfeld | Courtenay, British Columbia |
| 1999 | Mrs. Loyola Helen Park | London, Ontario |
| 1998 | Mrs. Anna Zuk (Prygroski) | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 1997 | Mrs. Alice Taylor | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1996 | Mrs. Margaret Langille | River John, Nova Scotia |
| 1995 | Mrs. Elsie Wells | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 1994 | Mrs. W. Baerr | Yorkton, Saskatchewan |
| 1993 | Mrs. Isabella Hutchings | St. John's, Newfoundland |
| 1992 | Mrs. Ida Orser | New Brunswick (Hartland) |
| 1991 | Mrs. Alice Taylor | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1990 | Mrs. Elsie Pearce | Trenton, Ontario |
| 1989 | Mrs. Rachel Morin | Rimouski, Quebec |
| 1988 | Mrs. Hazel Driscoll | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| 1987 | Mrs. Secondina Di Persio | Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia |
| 1986 | Mrs. Mabel Bateman | Richmond Hill, Ontario |
| 1985 | Mrs. Rose Bernst | Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| 1984 | Mrs. Olive Hunter | Summerland, British Columbia |
| 1983 | Mrs. Constance Wylie | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 1982 | Mrs. John E. Fraser | Debert, Nova Scotia |
| 1981 | Mrs. Isabel Harrison | Bury, Quebec |
| 1980 | Mrs. Greta Steeves | Elgin, Albert County, New Brunswick |
| 1979 | Mrs. Eliza Beatty | Carlyle, Saskatchewan |
| 1978 | Mrs. J. Cantley | Montreal, Quebec |
| 1977 | Mrs. Mary Little | Welland, Ontario |
| 1976 | Mrs. Olive Jubb | Victoria, British Columbia |
| 1975 | Mrs. C.L. (Alta.) Wilkinson | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1974 | Mrs. Thomas Rudd | Stettler, Alberta |
| 1973 | Mrs. Margaret Santo | Kipling, Saskatchewan |
| 1972 | Mrs. Mary Louise McLeod | Wiarton, Ontario |
| 1971 | Mrs. Mary Anderson | Selkirk, Manitoba |
| 1970 | Mrs. Lloyd R. Meech | North Sydney, Nova Scotia |
| 1969 | Mrs. Wilhemina Grey | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 1968 | Mrs. Pearl Rich | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 1967 | Mrs. Elsie Adams | St. Catharines, Ontario |
| 1966 | Mrs. George Stephens | Toronto, Ontario |
| 1965 | Mrs. Nora Wagner | Teetersville, Ontario |
| 1964 | Mrs. Bernadette Rivait | Windsor, Ontario |
| 1963 | Mrs. Mary E. Stodgell | Norwood, Manitoba |
| 1962 | Mrs. V. Lanteigne | Caraquet, New Brunswick |
| 1961 | Mrs. Sylvia Kimmel | Mission City, British Columbia |
| 1960 | Mrs. A.J. Cantin | McCreary, Manitoba |
| 1959 | Mrs. W.B. Anderson | Craigmyle, Alberta |
| 1958 | Mrs. Helen Forrestell | Coniston, Ontario |
| 1957 | Mrs. Z. MacFarlane | Truro, Nova Scotia |
| 1956 | Mrs. A.J. Reynolds | Chatham, Ontario |
| 1955 | Mrs. Leboldus | Vibank, Saskatchewan |
| 1952 | Mrs. Dan McCann | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1950 | Mrs. John Beasley | Ottawa, Ontario |
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