Roy Beacroft and Annie Elizabeth Hesp
Husband Roy Beacroft [7926]
Born: 15 Oct 1896 - Gunnerby, Near Hatcliffe, Lincolnshire, England Christened: Died: 1 Dec 1968 - Veterans Hospital, Toronto, Canada Cause of Death: Muscular Dystrophy Buried: - Pine Hills Cemetery, Scarborough, Canada FamilySearch ID: G7KS-FKQ
Father: James William Beacroft [7923] (1864-1953) 1 Mother: Emily Soulby [7924] (1876- ) 1
Marriage: 6 Sep 1918 - Haborough, , EnglandEvents
• Military: Lincolnshire Regiment, Aug 1914. Roy enlisted in the Lincolnshire Regiment in August 1914. On his enlistment papers his mother's address is given as Horkstow Grange. Steeleye Span made a record called Horkstow Grange.
Wife Annie Elizabeth Hesp [7945]
Born: 20 Apr 1898 - Ferriby, Yorkshire, England Christened: Died: 31 Jul 1993 - Ontario, Canada Buried:
Other Spouse: Bill Samuels [7970]
Children
1 M Kenneth Stanley Beacroft [7946]
Born: 20 Apr 1920 - East Halton, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom Christened: Died: 13 Dec 1992 Cause of Death: Bone Cancer Buried:Spouse: Doreen Elizabeth Smith [7959] (living)
2 M Robert Ronald Beacroft [7947]
Born: 10 Oct 1923 - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Christened: Died: 19 Dec 1941 - Hong Kong 2 Buried: - Sai Wan Bay Memorial, Hong Kong, China 3Spouse: Did Not Marry
3 M Leonard Beacroft [7948] (details suppressed for this person)
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Roy Beacroft
Roy's early life was centered on various farms in the district where he grew up, but never far from the town of Brigg. He served in the 5th Lincolnshire Regement joining up on the 11th of August 1914 and was discharged ( having been wounded in the stomach) on 10th of April 1916. He recieved the 1914-15 Star and the British War and Victory Medals. He was a fair marksman and won a silver cup which is still in the possesion of his family. He emigrated to Canada with his first wife. They sailed on the SS Minnedosa from Liverpool on July 23rd arriving in Quebec on July 30th 1920. He was employed as a teamster and foreman at several establishments in Hamilton, Ontario and was also actively involved with the 2nd Dragoons in Hamilton from 1924 to 1927. He and his first wife separated in 1928 and he subsequently married again and changed his name to Roland Beecroft. Between 1929 and 1935 he had several jobs such as farm labourer, bricklayer and odd job man. He joined th R.C.Signals in August 1941 and was demobbed on 21st August 1946. He received the Canadian Volenteer Service Medal.
(Syd Beacroft: I am indebted to Gary Beecroft for this information)
The 1901 census shows him living in Appleby with his parents and three siblings.
Birth Notes: Wife - Annie Elizabeth Hesp
Birth Certificate of Annie Elizabeth Hesp
Title: Certified Copy of Entry of Birth of Annie Elizabeth Hesp
Author: E.Braidman Registrar, Sculcoates R.D.
Publication: Registered by George Hesp (Father) residing in Ferriby. Mother given as Ann Hesp formerly Day
Date: 23rd May 1898
General Notes: Wife - Annie Elizabeth Hesp
Anne's father was a shepard in the Lincolnshire Area. She served with the Women's Land Army in WW1 and met her husband through her brother who served with Roy in the Army. After parting from her husband she worked as a cook in the lumber camps. She married Bill Samuel and together they worked as cooks in the camps in Northern Ontario. They also worked on the ships on the great lakes between Newfoundland and the USA. She was reunited with her son Ken after reading of Ronald's death in Hong Kong and seeing Ken listed as next of kin. She wrote to him and sent him a photograph of herself. She moved about so much that there is no records of her early life. The only papers she left was her marriage certificate to Bill Samuels in 1945.
(Syd Beacroft: I am indebted to Doreen Beacroft for this information)
1 Syd Beacroft, Mr.
2 LDS, Ontario Deaths 1869-1947.
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