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'''Edith Thrower Munro''' (née Fairey; April 16, 1895 – November 17, 1983) was a [[British-American]] naval officer and [[homemaker]]. She was the mother of the American war hero [[Douglas Albert Munro]] and the sister of the Canadian parliamentarian [[Francis Fairey]].
Munro was born in [[Liverpool, England]]; after the death of her father, her mother moved the family to [[British Columbia, Canada]] to be closer to other relatives. Among her brothers was Francis Fairey, who would later command the [[The Irish Fusiliers of Canada (The Vancouver Regiment)|Irish Fusiliers of Canada]] and represent [[Victoria, British Columbia]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada]].<ref name="gary">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
She married American expatriate James Munro in [[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver]] in 1914 and later had two children by him, Douglas Albert and Patricia Edith. In 1922, James Munro repatriated his family to the United States, ultimately settling in [[South Cle Elum, Washington]]. Edith Munro spent her life as a homemaker until the age of 48; upon learning her son, who had been serving as a signalman with the [[United States Coast Guard]], had been killed in action in the [[Second Battle of the Matanikau]] she became inconsolable and volunteered for military service, joining the [[SPARS|United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve]].<ref name="gary">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref><ref></ref>
In May 1943, Munro was presented with the [[Medal of Honor]] on behalf of Douglas Munro from [[President of the United States]] [[Franklin Roosevelt]] in a [[White House]] ceremony. She was the [[ship sponsor|sponsor]] of two of the three United States warships named after her son, the destroyer USS ''[[USS Douglas A. Munro|Douglas A. Munro]]'' and the cutter USCGC ''[[USCGC Munro (WHEC-724)|Munro]]''.<ref></ref><ref name="gary"/>
Munro declined to allow her son's remains to be interred at the [[Arlington National Cemetery]] as she would be unable to attend to his grave; he was instead buried at the Laurel Hill Memorial Park in [[Cle Elum, Washington]]. Following her own death, Munro was buried to the left of her son with military honors. The graves of the Munros have since been designated a State of Washington Historical Site and are the location of an annual observance on the anniversary of her son's death.<ref name="gary"/> The ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of Douglas Munro's death, held in 2017, was attended by [[Commandant of the Coast Guard]] Admiral [[Paul Zukunft]].<ref></ref>
==References==
[[Category:1983 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Liverpool]]
[[Category:American people of British descent]]
[[Category:United States Coast Guard officers]]
[[Category:People from Cle Elum, Washington]]
[[Category:1895 births]]
'''Edith Thrower Munro''' (née Fairey; April 16, 1895 – November 17, 1983) was a [[British-American]] naval officer and [[homemaker]]. She was the mother of the American war hero [[Douglas Albert Munro]] and the sister of the Canadian parliamentarian [[Francis Fairey]].
Munro was born in [[Liverpool, England]]; after the death of her father, her mother moved the family to [[British Columbia, Canada]] to be closer to other relatives. Among her brothers was Francis Fairey, who would later command the [[The Irish Fusiliers of Canada (The Vancouver Regiment)|Irish Fusiliers of Canada]] and represent [[Victoria, British Columbia]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada]].<ref name="gary">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
She married American expatriate James Munro in [[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver]] in 1914 and later had two children by him, Douglas Albert and Patricia Edith. In 1922, James Munro repatriated his family to the United States, ultimately settling in [[South Cle Elum, Washington]]. Edith Munro spent her life as a homemaker until the age of 48; upon learning her son, who had been serving as a signalman with the [[United States Coast Guard]], had been killed in action in the [[Second Battle of the Matanikau]] she became inconsolable and volunteered for military service, joining the [[SPARS|United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve]].<ref name="gary">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref><ref></ref>
In May 1943, Munro was presented with the [[Medal of Honor]] on behalf of Douglas Munro from [[President of the United States]] [[Franklin Roosevelt]] in a [[White House]] ceremony. She was the [[ship sponsor|sponsor]] of two of the three United States warships named after her son, the destroyer USS ''[[USS Douglas A. Munro|Douglas A. Munro]]'' and the cutter USCGC ''[[USCGC Munro (WHEC-724)|Munro]]''.<ref></ref><ref name="gary"/>
Munro declined to allow her son's remains to be interred at the [[Arlington National Cemetery]] as she would be unable to attend to his grave; he was instead buried at the Laurel Hill Memorial Park in [[Cle Elum, Washington]]. Following her own death, Munro was buried to the left of her son with military honors. The graves of the Munros have since been designated a State of Washington Historical Site and are the location of an annual observance on the anniversary of her son's death.<ref name="gary"/> The ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of Douglas Munro's death, held in 2017, was attended by [[Commandant of the Coast Guard]] Admiral [[Paul Zukunft]].<ref></ref>
==References==
[[Category:1983 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Liverpool]]
[[Category:American people of British descent]]
[[Category:United States Coast Guard officers]]
[[Category:People from Cle Elum, Washington]]
[[Category:1895 births]]
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