Ernest Minter

1905 - 1942  (36 years)

• Name	Ernest Minter
  Birth	16 Dec 1905	24 Tower Street, Dover, Kent   [1]
  Christening	1 Feb 1906	St Bartholomew's , Dover   [2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	9013AD33EB524ED2AE8EDB7E78A4FDEA78BC
  Death	28 Aug 1942	Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield, Middlesex   [1]
  Burial	Aft 28 Aug 1942	Charlton next Dover, Kent   [2]
  Notes	The following is from http://www.doverwarmemorialproject.org.uk/Casualties/WWII/SurnamesMtoZ.htm "Ernest Minter, 1788252, of 14 Wyndham Road, Dover, was in the Royal Artillery, 559 Coast Regiment. He died at the age of 36 on 25 August * 1942, at the Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield, Middlesex He is buried at Charlton, Dover, United Kingdom. Section 2.T, Grave 29. Mourners included his mother, Mr and Mrs G and Mr and Mrs C Minter, brothers and sisters-in-law, and Mrs A Archer, Mr and Mrs J Matticks, Mr and Mrs W Riley, and Mr and Mrs Pittocks, sisters and brothers-in-law He was the son of George and Jessie Alice Minter, from Dover" * The above is accompanied by three newspaper cuttings, two of which give the date of death as 28 August. The latter date also appears in the National Probate Calendar entry below and has been adopted here. James Earley has found an obituary in the Dover Express of 4 September 1942. It gives the date of death as 28 August. From England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 at Ancestry.com: Minter Ernest of 14 Wyndham Road Dover died 28 August 1942 on war service Administration Llandudno 30 November to Jessie Alice Minter widow. Effects £161 18s 1d.
  Person ID	I2003	Ickham, Kent
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	George Minter,   b. 14 Mar 1864, High St, Milton nr Sittingbourne, Kent d. 3 Feb 1929, Dover Union, 200 Union Road, Dover, Kent (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Jessie Alice KNOWLER,   b. 5 Mar 1878, Barnsole, Staple, Kent d. 25 Jan 1968, Buckland Hospital, Dover, Kent (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	28 May 1898	Staple, Kent   [3]
  	Married by banns. George Minter, 32, bachelor carter of Charlton by Dover, father George Minter, labourer; Jessie Alice Knowler, 21, a spinster of Barnswell, Staple, the daughter of Thomas Knowler (and Hannah nee Laws), labourer. George marked, Jessie signed. Witnesses Thomas Knowler (mark) and Hannah Fagg (sign). Witness at Charlton by Dover on 9 September 1925. Living at 14 Wyndham Road, Dover in 1932. Died as the widow of George Minter. a labourer/driver (Corporation).
  Family ID	F443	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Dec 1905 - 24 Tower Street, Dover, Kent Burial - Aft 28 Aug 1942 - Charlton next Dover, Kent  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Ernest Minter (1905 - 1942) Army form recording Ernest's death in 1942.

  
  

  Headstones

  Ernest Minter Gravestone in Charlton Cemetery, Dover, Kent

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] BMD index. [S5] Cliff Minter. [S29] Marriage certificate (copy).