Eric Norman Minter

1896 - 1950  (53 years)

• Name	Eric Norman Minter
  Birth	1 Dec 1896	291 Romford Road, Forest Gate, Essex   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	C48646F746F1420EB9FCD6CF24E5A83E57B6
  Death	28 Feb 1950	Leigh-on-Sea, Essex   [2]
  Burial	6 Mar 1950	St Lawrence, Little Stanmore, Middlesex   [3]
  Notes	Ancestry.com has some of Eric's service records, in connection with a WW1 disability pension claim. He joined the Corps of Hussars of the Line on 22 August 1914 at Stratford (London), giving his birthplace as West Ham and age as 19 years 8 months, occupation clerk. He served in Colchester in the Middlesex Regiment, was discharged as no longer physically fit for war service on 8 October 1917, having completed 3 years and 49 days service and was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. Eric was with the BEF in France from 25 July 1915 to 26 July 1917. He was admitted to Tooting Military Hospital on 27 July 1917 with tubercule of lung. He gave his next of kin as his father Walter John and mother Ellen of 26 Earlham Grove, Forest Gate London E, and brothers Arthur of Manor Park, Austin George of 26 Earlham Grove and Stuart John of the same address. 1921 census: at 7, Chosen Villas, Colindale Avenue, Hendon, London NW9 (all MINTER), Eric Norman (head, 24y 6m, married, born Forest Gate, London, Civil Service clerk with Customs & Excise at 35 Water Lane, Cricklewood, London NW2), Susan (wife, 22y 4m, married, born Burnt Oak, Edgware, Middlesex, home duties) and Eric Laurence (so, 9 months, born at City Hospital, London). London Gazette 7 July 1933: Inland Revenue Department: Clerks, Special Class,...Eric Norman Minter. 1939 Register (ndexed as Eric M, with wife and son as Winter): at 64 Camrose Avenue, Stanmore, Harrow U.D., Middlesex MINTER, Eric N born 1 Dec 1896, clerk (Inland Revenue) MINTER, Agnes M born 26 Jan 1988, H.D. MINTER, Harold A born 26 Oct 1924, boy messenger, GPO. Buried at age 53 of 2 North Street, Leigh-on-Sea. From England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 at Ancestry.com: Minter Eric Norman of 2 North Street Leigh-on-Sea Essex died 28 February 1950 Probate London 16 May to Norman Leslie Minter GPO engineer. Effects £2490 6s 10d.
  Person ID	I105	Eyke, Suffolk
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Walter John Minter,   b. 9 Jun 1860, 10 Custom House Terrace, Plaistow, Essex d. 8 Oct 1930, West Ham RD (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Ellen Sophie HEWETT,   b. 3 Jul 1859, Stepney, London d. 22 May 1938, Barnet RD (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	21 Dec 1884	Parish Church, West Ham, Essex   [2]
  Family ID	F27	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Susan LAWRENCE,   b. 13 Jan 1899, 1 Rose Cottages, South Road, Burnt Oak, Middlesex d. 8 Jun 1929, Redhill Hospital, Edgware, London (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	10 Mar 1920	Parish Church, Little Stanmore, Middlesex   [1]
  Children	1. Eric Laurence Minter,   b. 21 Sep 1920, City of London Lying-In Hospital d. 9 Mar 2001, South Africa (Age 80 years)   2. Norman Leslie Minter,   b. 9 Aug 1922, Edgware, Middlesex d. 29 Jul 2018, Buckinghamshire RD (Age 95 years)   3. Harold Arthur Minter,   b. 21 Oct 1924, Hendon RD d. 2017, Stomness, Scotland RD (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F30	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

  Family 2	Agnes Mary LEE,   b. 26 Jan 1888   d. 26 Aug 1965, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	30 Mar 1931	Little Stanmore Parish Church, Middlesex   [2, 4, 5]
  	Eric Norman Minter, 34, widower, clerk of 133 Buckingham Road, father Walter John Minter deceased. Agnes Mary Lee, 43, widow of 133 Buckingham Road, father not known, deceased.
  Family ID	F31	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2022

  
  

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• Sources

  [S22] Graham Minter, Genes Reunited tree, August 2009. [S7] BMD index. [S28] London Metropolitan Archives at Ancestry.co.uk, October 2009 and later. [S61] Graham Minter's Minter Story, June 2012. [S138] London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938 at ancestry.com.