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William George Mitchell

Lt. Col. Vesconte & Maj. Mitchell

May 26, 2022March 4, 2023 / Matthew K Barrett / Leave a comment

Lieutenant Colonel R.C. Le Vesconte

Major W.G. Mitchell

166th (Queen’s Own Rifles) Battalion

Robert Cleugh Le Vesconte was born on 23 March 1861 in Seymour Township, Canada West. He joined the Queen’s Own Rifles in 1880 and became acting commandant in 1915. A graduate of the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall, he founded his own law practice in 1894.

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