A Frankford woman will lay a wreath at the National War Memorial in Ottawa this Remembrance Day.
The Royal Canadian Legion says Virginia Hicks is this year’s National Silver Cross Mother.
Hicks’s daughter, Mariebeth Short, died in a training exercise in 2002 when a light-armoured vehicle rolled over in Petawawa.
Sapper Mariebeth Short. (Photo: The Royal Canadian Legion)
Hicks herself is a military veteran having served in The Canadian Army for close to 29 years working in supply and logistics.
Throughout the year until October 2027, she will also be called upon to perform other duties honouring the Fallen from all conflicts.
This year’s Remembrance Day ceremony comes after four Canadian soldiers were killed and dozens more were injured during a training exercise at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta.
(With files from The Canadian Press)
