Mabel Bateman

1986 National Memorial Silver Cross Mother - Mabel Bateman

Mabel Bateman

National Memorial Silver Cross Mother Mabel Bateman. (Photo: courtesy of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 375)

(Photo: courtesy of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 375)
National Memorial Silver Cross Mother Mabel Bateman. (Photo: courtesy of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 375)(Photo: courtesy of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 375)

Mrs. Mabel Bateman of Richmond Hill, Ontario, was the 1986 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother. During the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa on November 11, 1986, 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 July 25, 1944, her son, Private Russell Ernest Bateman, was killed while on duty with the Toronto Scottish Regiment.