Mrs. Isabel Harrison from Bury, Quebec, was chosen 1981 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother. During the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa on November 11, 1981, she laid a wreath at the base of the National War Memorial on behalf of all mothers who have lost a child in military service to Canada.
On December 19, 1941, her son, Lance Corporal Argyle Clayton Harrison, was killed in action in Hong Kong while serving with the Royal Rifles of Canada.
On Sept 9, 1943, another son, Rifleman Edmond Cameron Harrison, died while a Prisoner of War in Hong Kong. He served with the Royal Rifles of Canada.
Upon laying the wreath in Ottawa in 1981, she said, “When they enlisted, I knew they might never come back. I am very proud to be a Canadian and very proud to be here.”