Mary Josephine Meech

1970 National Memorial Silver Cross Mother - Mary Josephine Meech

Josephine Meech

National Memorial Silver Cross Mother Mary Josephine Meech. (Photo: Branch 19 RCL North Sydney, NS)

(Photo: Branch 19 RCL North Sydney, NS)
National Memorial Silver Cross Mother Mary Josephine Meech. (Photo: Branch 19 RCL North Sydney, NS)(Photo: Branch 19 RCL North Sydney, NS)

Mrs. Mary Josephine Meech from North Sydney, Nova Scotia, was selected 1970 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother. During the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa on November 11, 1970, 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 April 13, 1942, her son, Flight Sergeant William Ian Meech, was killed while on duty with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

On February 19, 1944, another of her sons, Pilot Officer Lloyd Remington Joseph Meech, was killed also while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Mrs. Meech, née Macdonald, was born in 1897. She married Lloyd Remington Meech. Together, they had four children--William, Lloyd, John and Garth. She died in 1975.