Arthur Reginald Minter

1895 - 1962  (67 years)

• Name	Arthur Reginald Minter
  Birth	11 Feb 1895	St. Pancras, London   [1]
  Christening	5 Apr 1896	St Mark, St Marylebone, London   [2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	EB6DA30CABC54D9588656F70FCADB50B8E8C
  Death	8 Nov 1962	Exminster, Devon   [1]
  Notes	1921 census: at 19, Stanley Gardens, Kensington, London (all MINTER), Arthur R (head, 26y 4m, married, born St Pancras, London, police constable, Metropolitan Police at Notting Hill police station), Florence L (wife, 26y 2m, married, born Kensal Rise, London, home duties) and Reginald R G (son, 1y 3m, born Hammersmith, London). An Arthur Reginald Minter was one of three police officers sued in London in 1941 for wrongful imprisonment by an Australian company director. The case was reported in The Mercury of Hobart, Tasmania and can be read at http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25847809. It's not clear whether the Arthur Reginald Minter concerned was the one born in 1895 at St Pancras but given he was definitely in the Met Police, it probably was. 1939 Register: at 21 Harrowes Meade, Hendon M.B., Middlesex Minter, Arthur R born 11 Feb 1895, married, detective inspector, Metropolitan Police Minter, Florence L born 30 Apr 1895, married, unpaid domestic duties Minter, Reginald R G born 22 Mar 1920, single, shorthand typist Minter, later Saunders, Marguerite F born 31 Oct 1921, shop assistant (ladies fashions) --- 1 closed record --- (which may not relate to this family) From England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 at Ancestry.com: Minter Arthur Reginald of Crossways South Tawton Okehampton Devon died 8 November 1962 at Exe Vale Hospital Exminster Devon Probate Nottingham 17 December to Florence Laura Minter widow. Effects £2581 12s.
  Person ID	I193	Canterbury, Kent
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	Percy Robert Minter,   b. 30 Mar 1868, St. Pancras, London d. Bef 15 Apr 1941, Paddington, London (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Rachel Jane POOLE,   b. Sep 1870, Shoreditch, London d. Mar 1911, St. Pancras, London (Age ~ 40 years)
  Marriage	1 May 1892	St Matthew, St. Pancras, London   [1, 2]
  	Married by banns. Percy Robert Minter, 24, widower, clerk of 10 High Street, father Robert Colgate Minter, clerk. Rachel Jane Poole, 21, spinster of 172 Stanhope Street, father David Henry Poole deceased, photographer. Both signed full names. Witnesses George Frederick Hawker, Alice Sophia Sarah Hawker.
  Family ID	F89	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Florence Laura DOWE,   b. 30 Apr 1895, Kensal Rise, London d. 22 Jun 1988, Hook, Hants (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	Sep 1919	Willesden, London   [1]
  Children	1. Reginald Roy Gordon Minter,   b. 22 Mar 1920, Hammersmith, London d. 28 Sep 2010, Bournemouth RD (Age 90 years)   2. Marguerite Florence Minter,   b. 31 Oct 1921, Kensington, London d. 27 Apr 2017, Ashstead, Surrey (Age 95 years)
  Family ID	F91	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - Sep 1919 - Willesden, London  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Arthur Reginald Minter 1895 - 1962 A photo which appeared in the Illustrated London News of 6 September 1947

  
  

• Sources

  [S14] BMD index. [S58] London Metropolitan Archives at Ancestry.co.uk, September 2009 and later.