Valour Road
More than 65 Canadian soldiers earned the Victoria Cross during the First World War, but only three of them lived on the same Winnipeg street.
When Frederick William Hall, Leo Clarke and Robert Shankland signed up to fight in the Great War they lived on Pine Street in the Manitoba capital.
Hall earned the Victoria Cross for giving up his life to save a fellow soldier. Clarke was honoured with the Commonwealth's premier military decoration for gallantry for the heroism he showed on the battlefield while wounded. Shankland, the only one of the three to survive the war, earned the medal for the heroism and leadership he showed during battle.
Pine Street was later renamed Valour Road to honour the three heroic soldiers.
More about Valour Road and its famed soldiers: https://www.historicacanada.ca/content/heritage-minutes/valour-road
Plaque reads:
This street has been renamed VALOUR ROAD. To perpetuate the conspicuous bravery of the 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
Submitted by: Matt Kruchak (@MattKruchak on Instagram and Twitter)