Memorial Valour Road

Pine Road, a 3 kilometre road in Winnipeg was once the home to three men who were to win the Victoria Cross, two of them posthumously. In 1925 Pine Road was renamed Valour Road in their honour.
Later a memorial plaza was erected in the shape of a Victoria Cross with silhouettes of three 'Tommies' and four memorial plaques, one to each of the VC winners and one describing the VC and renaming of the road.
Lt Col. Shankland was present at the road renaming ceremony in 1925.

Robert SHANKLAND. Lieutenant Colonel. 43rd Bn (Cameron Highlanders of Canada) Canadian Expeditionary Force. Born Ayr, Ayrshire Scotland 10 Oct 1887. Died 20 January 1968 Vancouver B.C.
VC won Passchendale, Belgium, 26 October 1887. Gazettted 18 December 1917.
VC held Canadian War Museum, Ottawa.
Lt. Col Shankland was cremated and his ashes scattered in the Memorial Gardens at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, B.C.
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Frederick William HALL. Company Sergeant Major. 8th Bn (90th Winnipeg Rifles) Canadian Expeditionary Force. Born Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland. 21 February. 1885. Died 24 April 1915, Poelcappelle, Belgium.
VC won Poelcappelle, Belgium 24 April 1915. Gazetted 23 June 1915.
Commemorated on Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.
VC held by Canadian War Museum, Ottawa
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Lionel (Leo) Beaumaurice CLARKE. Corporal. 2nd Bn (Eastern Ontario Regiment, Canadiam Expeditionary Force. Born Waterdown Ontario 1st December 1892. Died 19 October 1916, Etretat, Le Havre, France.
VC won Poziers, France. 9 September 1916. Gazetted 20 October 1916.
VC held by Canadian War Museum, Ottawa.
Buried in Etretat Churchyard, Le Havre, France.

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Source

• Text: Sharky Ward
• Photos: Krazytea, via Wikimedia Commons (1), Krazytea, via Wikimedia Commons (2), Krazytea, via Wikimedia Commons (3), Krazytea, via Wikimedia Commons (4), Anthony (Sharky) Ward (5)