2003 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother – Charlotte Lynn Smith

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National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother Charlotte Lynn Smith.
(Photo: The Royal Canadian Legion)

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(Photo: The Royal Canadian Legion)

Mrs. Charlotte Lynn Smith of Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, was the 2003 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother. During the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa on November 11, 2003, 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 17, 2002, her son, Private Nathan Lloyd Smith, was killed, as a result of friendly fire, while serving with the 3^rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry in Afghanistan.

Mrs. Smith, a native of Ostrea Lake, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, is the daughter of the late Raymond and Rose Williams. She attended Ostrea Lake Elementary School, Robert Jamieson High School and Saint Peter’s School in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, where Mrs. Smith enrolled in commercial business courses.

She married Lloyd David Smith of Tatamagouche and together they had two children, Nathan and Karen.

Mrs. Smith has been active in the Ostrea Lake Anglican Church and has served as a warden and treasurer.

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)