1979 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother – Eliza Beatty

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National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother Eliza Beatty.
(Photo: Royal Canadian Legion Carlyle Branch #248 - Photographer unknown)

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(Photo: Royal Canadian Legion Carlyle Branch #248 - Photographer unknown)

Mrs. Eliza (Elizabeth) Beatty of Carlyle, Saskatchewan, was the 1979 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother. During the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa on November 11, 1979, 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 August 19, 1942, two of her sons, Private Melville Douglas Beatty and Private Walter Earl Beatty, were killed in action at Dieppe while serving with the South Saskatchewan Regiment.

Mrs. Beatty, née Keal, was born on July 25, 1891 in Saskatchewan. In 1911, she married Walter Wellington Beatty and together they raised seven children: Keal, Erma, Lois, Thelma, Melville, Earl and Reginald. Reginald, who also served in the Second World War survived, returning home.

Mrs. Beatty was widowed in 1967. She died in 1985 in Saskatchewan.

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)