Mrs. C.S. Woods | The Vimy Memorial and Pilgrimage | From Vimy to Juno: Canadians Through Two World Wars | From Vimy to Juno: Canadians Through Two World Wars

Mrs. C.S. Woods of Winnipeg lost five sons (of 12 who served) during the war and represented all Silver Cross Mothers (those who had lost sons and daughters to the war effort) at the unveiling of the Vimy Memorial on 26 July 1936. Mrs. Woods was singled out by the King for a personal conversation after the ceremony; she prayed that there would never be another war. She passed away one month after the declaration of the Second World War.

Black and white photograph with green border. An elderly woman wears a beret and salutes the camera with her right hand. She wears a long fur-trimmed, black coat, adorned with full-size and miniature medals. — (Cdn. Govt. Motion Pict. Bureau, National Film Board of Canada, Library and Archives Canada, MIKAN No. 3224323.)

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