Husband Gene William Alexander Baycroft [7100] 1
Born: 30 Jul 1924 - Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada 1
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Died: 2015
Buried: - St. Andrews Cemetery, Orillia, Orillia Township, Simcoe Co, Ontario, Canada
Find A Grave ID: 234480921
Father: Thomas Errol Baycroft [7092] (1897-1967)
Mother: Mary Maude Isabelle Young [7097] (1902-1980) 1
Marriage: 7 Jun 1947 - St. James Anglican Church, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
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• Biography: http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/youth/sub.cfm?source=feature/italy2004/italy_overseas/italy_delegates/gbaycroft
Corporal Gene Baycroft
The Governor General's Horse Guards
Orillia, Ontario
Mr. Gene Baycroft was born on July 30, 1924, in Etobicoke, Ontario. At age 15 he became a member of the militia in Fort York where he played the bugle. He enlisted in Toronto on August 13, 1941. With a brother already overseas, Mr. Baycroft was very eager to enlist and lied about his age by changing his birth year to 1922 in order to meet the requirements.
Mr. Baycroft served for two years in Italy with the Governor General's Horse Guards, specifically the 3rd Armoured Recce Regiment. He was a crew commander in the regiment's light tanks and later a wireless operator in a Sherman tank.
Upon returning to Canada following the war, Mr. Baycroft worked in the family business as a funeral director but soon discovered that "the funeral business was not my business." He then began work at AVRO where he was a supervisor of production control for the company's experimental flight desk area. He worked on the prestigious AVRO Arrow until the project's close in 1959. Mr. Baycroft subsequently held a variety of positions, including owning his own service station, before joining Fahralloy Mines where he worked for 25 years.
Since retiring, Mr. Baycroft has become increasingly active in the Ontario Marine Heritage Committee. He has taught scuba diving since 1972 and often participates in underwater archaeology digs, including the recent excavation of a land-locked wreck in Southampton, Ontario. Mr. Baycroft is also a member of the Royal Canadian Legion and the Masonic Lodge. He and his wife, Patricia, have four children, 17 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
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• Biography: From the Genealogical Research Library 1978: Gene was born in 1924, New Toronto, Ontario. He spent most of his early years at 980 Lakeshore Road, New Toronto, Ontario. Gene attended 20th Street Public School and went on to Long Branch Continuation School. At age 17, he left school and enlisted in the Canadian Army. He spent the next 4 years in England, Italy, North Africa, and Europe. Gene was a Corporal in the Governor General's Horse Guard at the time of his honourable discharge in 1945. Gene married Patricia Mae Press on June 7th, 1947, at St. James Anglican Church, Kitchener, Ontario. They lived in Kitchener until the following year when they moved to Toronto where Gene had secured a job as a foreman in a furniture factory. He has worked as a furniture finisher, a superintendent at A.V. Roe Aircraft Company in Malton and owned a Fina Service Station in Kitchener. Gene and family moved to Orillia Township in 1959, where they bought their present home. Gene found employment with Fahralloy of Canada Limited and spent the next 25 years with them. He worked in production control and later became a Senior Radiographer in the quality assurance department. Gene has several hobbies. He has a private pilots license, and once flew from Toronto to Miami, Florida and back. Gene is a qualified scuba diving instructor and also likes to sail. At the age of 63 years, he sailed a 38 foot boat from Penetang, Ontario, through the Great Lakes to New York harbour, across to Bermuda and finally down to Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Gene is a member of the Royal Arch Masons, Masonic Lodge #501, the Governor General's Horse Guard Association, the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #34 and the Association of Canadian Underwater Councils. He also served as a member of the Orillia Township Planning Board for 8 years.
• Military: WW II, 1941.
Wife Patricia Mae Press [7170]
Born: 1930
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Died: 3 Jan 2005 - Soldier's Memorial Hospital, Orillia, Ontario, Canada
Buried: 7 Jan 2005 - St. Andrews Cemetery, Orillia, Orillia Township, Simcoe Co, Ontario, Canada
Find A Grave ID: 234480922
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• Her obituary was published. BAYCROFT, Patricia Mae: At Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, Orillia on Monday, January 3rd, 2005; in her 75th Year. Patricia Baycroft (nee Press) passed on peacefully surrounded by her loving family. She will be sadly missed by absolutely everyone who's lives she touched. She leaves behind her loving husband Gene Baycroft and children William Baycroft of Hong Kong, Robert Baycroft and his wife Lorene of Orillia, the late Wendy Okeke and her husband Valentine of New York City, Patricia Wallace and her husband Jack of Edmonton, Alberta, and Thomas Baycroft and his wife Rhonda of Angus. Loving grandmother of fifteen grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren and will be sadly missed by them all. Visitation will be held at the Simcoe Funeral Home, 38 James Street E., Orillia on Thursday, January 6th from 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral Services will be held in the Chapel on Friday, January 7th at 1 p.m. Memorial donations to the Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, Orillia would be appreciated. Special thanks to all the staff in the Palliative Care Unit at Soldiers' Memorial Hospital for their loving care and support which we received during this time.
Children
1 M William Baycroft [7117] (details suppressed for this person)
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2 M Robert Gene Baycroft [7118]
Born: 13 Sep 1950
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Died: 1 Sep 2008 - Orillia, Orillia Township, Simcoe Co, Ontario, Canada
Buried: 5 Sep 2008 - St. James' Cemetery, Orillia, Simcoe Co, Ontario, Canada
Find A Grave ID: 232367784
Spouse: M Lorene Stickland [7785] (living)
3 F Wendy Baycroft [7119]
Born: 4 Nov 1953
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Died: 8 May 2001
Buried: - St. Andrews Cemetery, Orillia, Orillia Township, Simcoe Co, Ontario, Canada
Find A Grave ID: 232367783
Spouse: Valentine Okeke [7786] (living)
4 F Patricia Baycroft [7120] (details suppressed for this person)
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Spouse: Jack Wallace [7787] (living)
5 M Thomas Baycroft [7121] (details suppressed for this person)
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Spouse: Rhonda [7788] (living)
Burial Notes: Husband - Gene William Alexander Baycroft
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Burial Notes: Wife - Patricia Mae Press
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