Valour Road

This street, renamed after the First World War, is a memorial to the three local winners of the Victoria Cross — Cpl Leo Clark, Sgt-Maj Frederick William Hall and Lt. Robert Shankland. All three of these men lived on Pine Street, which was renamed Valour Road. The plaque was erected by the Women’s Canadian Club of Winnipeg in 1925.

Inscription

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THIS STREET HAS BEEN RENAMED
VALOUR ROAD
TO PERPETUATE THE CONSPICUOUS
BRAVERY OF THREE MEN, WHO WON
THE VICTORIA CROSS IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914-1919

THEY LIVED IN ONE BLOCK, IN THIS
STREET WHEN THEY ENLISTED IN THE
CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES.

C.S.M. FREDERICK WILLIAM HALL, V.C.,
8TH BATTALION (W.R.)

L/SGT LEO CLARKE, V.C.,
2ND BATTALION

BOTH KILLED IN ACTION

AND CAPT. ROBERT SHANKLAND, V.C.,
43RD BATTALION (C.H. OF C.)

ERECTED BY
THE WOMENS CANADIAN CLUB OF WINNIPEG
1925

Cette rue, renommée après la Première Guerre mondiale, est un hommage aux trois récipiendaires locaux de la Croix de Victoria : le Cpl Leo Clark, le Sgt maj Frederick William Hall et le Lt Robert Shankland. Ces trois hommes vivaient sur la rue Pine, qui a été renommée « Valour Road ». La plaque a été créée par le Women’s Canadian Club of Winnipeg en 1925.

Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.