Insurance and rental agent.
Born at Hamilton, Ontario on 14 April 1882, son of Charles Mathew and Charlotte Counsell, brother of Edward Martin Counsell, he was educated at Hamilton schools and Upper Canada College. He joined the staff of the Imperial Bank of Canada and came to Winnipeg in 1907. During the First World War he served with the 44th Manitoba Battalion, receiving the Military Cross. He was a member of the Committee of the Last Post Fund of Manitoba, Corps of Commissionaires, and St. George’s Anglican Church. He died at Winnipeg on 4 May 1953 and was buried in the Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens.
Attestation Papers, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Library and Archives Canada.
“R. R. Counsell, military cross holder, dies,” Winnipeg Free Press, 4 May 1953.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 December 2021
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