49 Spruce Street

Able Seaman William Joseph Albert Beacock

Bill Beacock was born in Paris in 1924. He and his wife and two children lived at 49 Spruce Street. During the Second World War, Bill served in the Royal Canadian Navy on convoy duty aboard His Majesty’s ship HMCS Kentville. When he returned home, he became maintenance manager for Timber Jack in Woodstock. He chaired the Paris Recreational Committee and was a founder of Minor Lacrosse in Paris during the 1960s. He died in March, 2009 at the Brantford General Hospital in his 86th year.