This street is dedicated to Norris Edward Radway-severely injured in WW l. See also Norris Road.
Radway Street
Radway Street
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This street is dedicated to Norris Edward Radway-severely injured in WW l. See also Norris Road.
Probe Street
Probe Street is named for John Probe. In 1940 he enlisted for service with the Regina Rifles. When military educational services were set up for the First Canadian Army Overseas, he became its first administrative officer.
Porteous Street
Porteous Street is named for The Honourable George Porteous. During the Second World War he served in the Pacific arena with the YMCA Auxiliary Service. He spent 46 months as a Japanese prisoner of war after the fall of Hong Kong in 1941.
O'Neill Street
O'Neill Street is named for Most Reverend Michael C. O'Neill. He enlisted as a private in 1916. In the Second World War he was one of the first chaplains overseas, becoming senior chaplain of the First Division in 1940. King George VI presented him with the Military Order of the British Empire in 1946.
Merritt Crescent
Merritt Crescent is named for Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt, the first Canadian to receive the Victoria Cross in the Second World War. An officer in the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada from 1929, he transferred to the South Saskatchewan Regiment in 1942, and as a Lieutenant Colonel, commanded a battalion during the Dieppe raid. Captured while covering the withdrawal of his troops, he spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner of war. He received the Victoria Cross for the valour he displayed at Dieppe.
Melville Avenue
Melville Avenue is named for Tom (Scotty) Melville, who enlisted in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders at Winnipeg in 1939. He was captured during the Dieppe raid in 1942 and spent the rest of the war in a German prison camp.
McSherry Crescent
McSherry Crescent is named for Mickey McSherry, a member of the R.A.C. in the Second World War. He died in action in 1940.
McNaughton Ave.
McNaughton Avenue is named for General Andrew George Latta McNaughton. In the Second World War he was involved with the composition and deployment of the Canadian Army overseas, and the 1944 conscription issue.
McCusker Ave.
McCusker Avenue is named for Emmet McCusker, who served with distinction in both world wars. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1917. In the Second World War, he served as deputy director of medical services in England, Sicily, and Italy, and was awarded the Efficiency Decoration in 1943. The following year he was named a Commander in the Order of the British Empire and he was twice mentioned in dispatches.
Laird Crescent
Laird Crescent is named for Senator Harry W. Laird. He served as a Lieutenant-Colonel in command of the 3rd Divisional Train, Canadian Expeditionary Force in France. He remained at the front until 1917.