Box for Mother's Cross of "Major G.H. Wilson", George VI [CONFIRM THIS MAY BE A GR V AWARD (WW I)] CONFIRM HOW MEMORIAL CROSS AND BRACELET ARE CONNECTED - ATTESTATION AND CWGC Medal Group (with the Memorial (Mother's) Cross) is believed to have belonged to Lt. Mariott Wilson. He served from 2 September 1939 to 28 July 1943. He was KIA on 28 July 1943 at Agira, Sicily. The Memorial Cross is an award that has been granted since 1919 to the loved ones of Canadian armed forces personnel who died in service or whose death was attributed to their service. It is granted by the Government of Canada and is frequently referred to as the Silver Cross or the Mother's Cross. In the past it has only been given to mothers and widows. The Memorial Cross, the gift of Canada, was issued as a memento of personal loss and sacrifice on the part of widows and mothers of Canadian sailors, soldiers and airmen who died for their country during the war. The Memorial Cross is in the form of a cross pattee, in silver, suspended by a bar brooch, although prior to 1945 it was suspended from a light purple ribbon 1.5 inches wide. At the end of the upright is a crown and at the foot and the end of either arm, a maple leaf. In the centre, within a wreath of laurel, is the royal cypher of the reigning monarch: GRV for King George the Fifth, GVIR for King George the Sixth, or EIIR for Elizabeth the Second. The reverse of the Cross is engraved with the name and service number of the individual commemorated.