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Today is your last chance to see the three Victoria Cross medals in Winnipeg that were won by three residents of Valour Road during the First World War.

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Today is your last chance to see the three Victoria Cross medals in Winnipeg that were won by three residents of Valour Road during the First World War.

The medals, which have been on display at the Manitoba Museum since Aug. 6, shuts down after today.

The museum will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.

Phil Hossack / Winnipeg Free Press
One of the three Valour Road Victoria crosses displayed at the Manitoba Museum. The original Victoria Cross medals were awarded almost 100 years ago to three Winnipeg soldiers who served in the First World War. The Victoria Crosses of Valour Road medals were awarded to Lieut. Robert Shankland, Sgt.-Maj. Frederick William Hall, and Cpl. Leo Clarke in the First World War. In that war, all three, in separate actions, distinguished themselves by their extreme bravery in fighting the enemy. At the time of their enlistment, the three had all resided in the same block of Pine Street in the west end of Winnipeg.
Phil Hossack / Winnipeg Free Press One of the three Valour Road Victoria crosses displayed at the Manitoba Museum. The original Victoria Cross medals were awarded almost 100 years ago to three Winnipeg soldiers who served in the First World War. The Victoria Crosses of Valour Road medals were awarded to Lieut. Robert Shankland, Sgt.-Maj. Frederick William Hall, and Cpl. Leo Clarke in the First World War. In that war, all three, in separate actions, distinguished themselves by their extreme bravery in fighting the enemy. At the time of their enlistment, the three had all resided in the same block of Pine Street in the west end of Winnipeg.

The medals will then be relocated back to their permanent home at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.

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