Poplar Pointe Estates to feature streets honouring WWI, WWII soldiers killed in action

Red Deer County Council has approved a proposal for some streets in the Poplar Pointe Estates subdivision to be named after some local World War I and World War II veterans.

The approved street names are: Whyte Memorial Drive, Jack Whyte Place, Wilfred Whyte Street and Cecil Whyte Road.

Wilfred Whyte was a recipient of a Military Cross, awarded to officers of the British Commonwealth since WWI, for the bravery he showed during a night in the trenches in June 1918. He was severely injured that October and later died in hospital just outside of France.

Cecil Whyte served in the trenches in France in the summer of 1915 and was commissioned as an officer of the British Army in 1916. He was severely injured in the Battle of Somme that November and shipped home. After heading back overseas, Cecil was died in Belgium in May 1918 when his plane was shot down.

Jack Whyte was the oldest son of Reginald, brother to Cecil and Wilfred, and his wife, Ruth. He was a Sergeant-major with the Penhold Air Cadet squadron and joined the Canadian Air Force in 1943. He was posted in Halifax and immediately sent overseas. Jack was killed five months later, just one week after he turned 21.

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Poplar Pointe Estates, located north of Highway 11, adjacent to Range Road 284, was approved last November as a bare land condominium subdivision containing 39 Country Residential Unit lots. It is still under development.

The cost for the street signs honouring the Whytes will covered by the developer.