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I knew Mr. Girouard as CQ for J Coy 2RCR back in the mid-nineites. Exceptional, outstanding Soldier; You shall be missed Sir, thank you & Rest In Peace.
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Wouldn't be the first time someone was on a CFLRS grad parade with a Memorial Cross on their DEU. One candidate on my BOTP course a year ago was the widow of a fallen soldier, and she had a good compliment of medals from her NCM days. I can't say I remember what the precedence was, but I'll ask around at work tomorrow, we just got the new DHH booklet the other day. If all else fails, I'll look her up on the DIN and send her an email.What is the precedence for a Widow's Memorial cross
geo said:Hmmm... this is going to be a DHH challenge.
What is the precedence for a Widow's Memorial cross ???
The Royal Canadian Legion has selected the 2010/2011 Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother. She is Mrs. Mabel Girouard of Bathurst, New Brunswick. She will serve in this position until the end of October 2011. Mrs. Girouard will lay a wreath at the National Remembrance Ceremony at the National War Memorial on 11 November on behalf of all the mothers of Canada who have lost children in Canada’s military.
She is the mother of Chief Warrant Officer Robert Michael Girouard, former Regimental Sergeant Major of the First Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, Ontario. He was killed when a suicide bomber drove his car into a convoy of military vehicles in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on 27 November, 2006. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Cross posthumously ....