Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Newspaper clipping – Listed as killed, he was a POW (Prisoner of War) and came home but later died in 1947. From the Toronto Star August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of Charles Llewellyn Counsell – Captain Charles Llewellyn Counsell, oil painting 1945

Photo of Charles Llewellyn Counsell – Lieutenant Llew Counsell in England training in Salisbury with Royal Hamilton Light Infantry 1941

Document – Llewellyn Counsell 1914-1947, brother of Anne Ferguson 1913-2003, enlisted with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry in 1940 and was in the Dieppe Raid on August 19, 1942. Llew suffered serious wounds as he cut the barbed wire on the beach while leading his men. He was left for dead on the beach where French residents found him alive the next morning. His family was notified in November, 1942 by the Red Cross, that he was alive, and a POW in Oflag 7 B Eichstatt, Germany. He remained there in harsh conditions until he was repatriated in July, 1944 on the Red Cross Ship SS Gripsholm, in an officer exchange. Llewellyn Counsell died from his war wounds in May 1947 at his farm in Ancaster, near Hamilton.

Photo of Charles Llewellyn Counsell – Lieutenant Llewellyn Counsell. 1940 RHLI

Newspaper Clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

Newspaper Clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

Newspaper Clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me