1968 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother – Pearl Rich
Details
1968 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother – Pearl Rich
Mrs. Pearl Rich of Vancouver, British Columbia, was named 1968 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother. During the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa on November 11, 1968, 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 November 2, 1943 her son, Private William Rich, was killed while serving with the Loyal Edmonton Regiment.
On December 22, 1943, a second son, Private George Rich, was killed in action also while on duty with the Loyal Edmonton Regiment.
On July 24, 1944, a daughter, Wren Mary Rich (Rech) drowned while serving with the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service.
Mrs. Rich was the wife of Charles Rich.
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 |
- Date modified: