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Veteran Who Lost Daughter in Military Training Exercise Named Silver Cross Mother

Virginia Hicks will lay a wreath at Ottawa’s national Remembrance Day ceremony as the Royal Canadian Legion honors her daughter’s service and sacrifice.

  • On Sunday, the Royal Canadian Legion named veteran Virginia Hicks the 2026 National Silver Cross Mother, designating her to represent families of fallen Canadian Armed Forces members during Remembrance Day ceremonies.
  • Hicks served 29 years in the Royal Canadian Air Force, working in supply and logistics; her daughter, Sapper Mariebeth Short, died in a 2002 training accident at CFB Petawawa.
  • "It's a club nobody wants to belong to," Hicks told CBC News from her home in Frankford, Ont., adding she will lay a wreath at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Nov. 11.
  • Following a recent tragedy at CFB Wainwright where four soldiers were killed during a training exercise last month, Hicks urged affected families to have faith in the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service investigation.
  • Reflecting on her daughter's service, Hicks stated, "I think her pride in her job has kind of fallen back on us," emphasizing how her year as National Silver Cross Mother will honour all families who lost loved ones serving Canada.
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Veteran who lost daughter in military training exercise named Silver Cross Mother

A veteran whose daughter died during a military training exercise in 2002 has been named the 2026 National Silver Cross Mother.

·Winnipeg, Canada
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The Hamilton Spectator broke the news in Hamilton, Canada on Sunday, November 1, 2026.
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