In wake of Wainwright tragedy, this year's Silver Cross Mother has a message for grieving families
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- Global News Canada·4h agoVeteran whose daughter died in military training exercise named Silver Cross Mother
The Royal Canadian Legion says Virginia Hicks’ family has a long history of military service and she served in the Canadian Armed Forces for 29 years.
Read at Global News Canada → - CBC Canada·15h agoIn wake of Wainwright tragedy, this year's Silver Cross Mother has a message for grieving families
Virginia Hicks is this year's national Silver Cross Mother, an annual tradition by the Royal Canadian Legion recognizing the mother of a fallen Canadian Armed Forces member each Remembrance Day. Every year she visits CFB Petawawa in northern Ontario, where her daughter Sapper…
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