1956 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother – Gertrude Edna Reynolds
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National Memorial (Silver) Gertrude Edna Reynolds.
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Mrs. Gertrude Edna Reynolds of Chatham, Ontario, was the 1956 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother. During the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa on November 11, 1956 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 January 16, 1943, her son, Flying Officer Hugh Gordon Reynolds, was killed in a flying accident while on duty serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
On January 31, 1943, a second son, Warrant Officer Class II Arthur Mac Reynolds, was killed in action while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
On April 15, 1944, a third son, Pilot Officer Douglas Glen Reynolds, was killed in action while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
List of National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mothers
(Information courtesy of the Royal Canadian Legion, Canadian War Museum and families of the National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mothers)
2010 - Present
| Year | Name | City/Town |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Mrs. Maureen Anderson | Oromocto, New Brunswick |
| 2023 | Mrs. Gloria Hooper | St. Claude, Manitoba |
| 2022 | Mrs. Candy Greff | Lacombe, Alberta |
| 2021 | Mrs. Josée Simard | Les Mechins, Quebec |
| 2020 | Mrs. Debra Sullivan | Saint John, New Brunswick |
| 2019 | Mrs. Reine Samson Dawe | St-Prosper, Québec |
| 2018 | Mrs. Anita Cenerini | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 2017 | Mrs. Diana Abel | Brampton, Ontario |
| 2016 | Mrs. Colleen Fitzpatrick | Prince George, British Columbia |
| 2015 | Mrs. Sheila Anderson | Yellowknife, Northwest Territories |
| 2014 | Mrs. Gisèle Michaud | Edmundston, New Brunswick |
| 2013 | Mrs. Niki Psiharis | Laval, Quebec |
| 2012 | Mrs. Roxanne Priede | Grand Forks, British Columbia |
| 2011 | Mrs. Patricia Braun | Raymore, Saskatchewan |
| 2010 | Mrs. Mabel Girouard | Bathurst, New Brunswick |
1990 - 2009
| Year | Name | City/Town |
|---|---|---|
| 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. Wilhelmina Baerr | Yorkton, Saskatchewan |
| 1993 | Mrs. Isabella Hutchings | St. John’s, Newfoundland |
| 1992 | Mrs. Ida Orser | Hartland, New Brunswick |
| 1991 | Mrs. Alice Taylor | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1990 | Mrs. Elsie Pearce | Trenton, Ontario |
1970 - 1989
| Year | Name | City/Town |
|---|---|---|
| 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 (Rumball) Hunter | Summerland, British Columbia |
| 1983 | Mrs. Constance Wylie | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 1982 | Mrs. Janet 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. Janet Cantley | Montreal, Quebec |
| 1977 | Mrs. Mary Boutilier | Niagara Falls, Ontario |
| 1976 | Mrs. Olive Rae (Jubb) | Victoria, British Columbia |
| 1975 | Mrs. Alta Wilkinson | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1974 | Mrs. Annie Margaret Rudd | Stettler, Alberta |
| 1973 | Mrs. Margaret Santo | Bender, Saskatchewan |
| 1972 | Mrs. Mary Louise McLeod | Neyaashiinigmiing, Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation |
| 1971 | Mrs. Mary Anderson | Selkirk, Manitoba |
| 1970 | Mrs. Mary Josephine Meech | North Sydney, Nova Scotia |
1950 - 1969
| Year | Name | City/Town |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Mrs. Wilhemina Gray | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 1968 | Mrs. Pearl Rich | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 1967 | Mrs. Elsie Adams | St. Catharines, Ontario |
| 1966 | Mrs. Josephine Stephens | Toronto, Ontario |
| 1965 | Mrs. Nora Wagner | Teeterville, Ontario |
| 1964 | Mrs. Bernadette Rivait | Windsor, Ontario |
| 1963 | Mrs. Mary E. Stodgell | Norwood, Manitoba |
| 1962 | Mrs. Vitaline Lanteigne | Caraquet, New Brunswick |
| 1961 | Mrs. Sylvia Kimmel | Mission City, British Columbia |
| 1960 | Mrs. Julienne Cantin | McCreary, Manitoba |
| 1959 | Mrs. Dagnie Asta Anderson | Craigmyle, Alberta |
| 1958 | Mrs. Helen Forestell | Coniston, Ontario |
| 1957 | Mrs. Zylpha MacFarlane | Truro, Nova Scotia |
| 1956 | Mrs. Gertrude Edna Reynolds | Chatham, Ontario |
| 1955 | Mrs. Regina Leboldus | Vibank, Saskatchewan |
| 1954 | Mrs. Margaret Heeney | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1953 | Mrs. Mary Casey | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1952 | Mrs. Hannah McCann | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1951 | Mrs. Alice Rochon | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1950 | Mrs. Susan Beasley | Ottawa, Ontario |
1936 - 1949
| Year | Name | City/Town |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Mrs. Aline D'Aoust | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1948 | Mrs. Catherine Helen MacDonald | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1947 | Mrs. Martha Labarge | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1944 - 1946 | Mrs. Jessie Isobel McCleery | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1943 | Mrs. Edith Louisa Coldrey | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1942 | Mrs. Sarah Wilkins Lamplough | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1937 - 1941 | Mrs. Catherine Lewis | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1936 | Mrs. Charlotte Susan Wood | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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