Norman Preston Vincer Minter

1897 - 1964  (67 years)

• Name	Norman Preston Vincer Minter
  Birth	16 Feb 1897	Exning, Suffolk   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Mar 1964	28 Kingston Lane, Teddington, Middlesex   [1, 3]
  Cremation	17 Mar 1964	South-West Middlesex Crematorium, Feltham, Middlesex   [3]
  _UID	DE5690C0085C4895BB63836E35DD41FC2399
  Notes	National School Admission Registers & Log-books 1870-1914 at findmypast.co.uk: Norman, born 16 Feb 1897 was admitted to King Edward VI Grammar School, Bury St Edmunds in 1906 and stayed until 1915. Papers relating to Norman's WW1 service are at Ancestry, British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920. He was nearly 19 when he joined, a draper's clerk. Listed in the British Postal Service Appointment Books, 1737-1969 at Ancestry.co.uk in 1917 as Norman P Vincer Minter, cert wireless operator. familysearch.org (July 2014) has a ship's manifest showing N Vincer-Minter, 1st W/T/O (?wireless telegraph operator), a member of the crew of the 'Leitrim', which arrived in Wellington NZ on 20 October 1920. A second record covers Norman's departure from Wellington on the same vessel. 1939 Register: at 25 Broom Water, Twickenham M.B., Middlesex Vincer-Minter, Norman P born 16 Feb 1897, married, technical journalist (writing and sub editing articles mainly wireless electrical for trchnical press) Vincer-Minter, Dorothy E F born 8 Nov 1907, married, unpaid domestic duties. March 2009: Philip Cadman, by email, writes that N P Vincer Minter was a contributor to 'The Wireless World' in the 1920s. Philip is interested in vintage radio and electronics, not only in terms of the equipment and techniques employed, but also in the contributors to early radio and electronics periodicals. September 2010: further from Philip Cadman: "I've found out that I was correct in thinking he was the author of the monthly column 'Unbiased' in Wireless World. He used the pen-name 'Free Grid'. There's now some information about him on the 'Web: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_World and http://www.poppyrecords.co.uk/other/FreeGrid/freegridobituary.htm I found reference to him in the April 1971 issue of Wireless World - scan attached *. Although not widely known by his real name, everybody who read Wireless world from 1930 right up to 1964 is more than familiar with 'Free Grid'." * this article appears on the website. Norman's death was announced in The Times (London, England), Saturday, Mar 14, 1964; pg. 1; Issue 55960: On March 11th 1964, very suddenly, at 28 Kingston Lane, Teddington, Middlesex, NORMAN PRESTON VINCER-MINTER ("FREE-GRID") of the Wireless World, aged 67, only son of the late Rev. J Vincer-Minter, faithful beloved husband to Dorothy. Cremation Tuesday March 17th at 2 pm, South-West Middlesex Crematorium, Hounslow Road, Hanworth, Feltham. Flowers to Paine, High Street, Teddington. Please write. From England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 at Ancestry.com: Vincer-Minter Norman Preston of 28 Kingston Lane Teddington Middlesex died 11 March 1964 Probate London 8 June to Dorothy Freda Vincer-Minter widow. £4106.
  Person ID	I29	Thanet (2), Kent
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	John Vincer Minter,   b. 14 Dec 1862, Winslow, Buckinghamshire d. 20 Mar 1930, St Lukes Hostel, Fitzroy Square, St Marylebone, London (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Alice Charlotte Eliza PRESTON,   b. Dec 1863, Pentonville Road, London d. 9 Sep 1904, Exning, Suffolk (Age ~ 40 years)
  Marriage	14 Jul 1888	St Mark, Clerkenwell, London   [1, 4]
  	Married after banns. John Vincer Minter, 25, bachelor master of Bromley, Kent Workhouse, of the parish of Farnborough, father William Vincer Minter, master of workhouses. Alice Charlotte Eliza Preston, 24, spinster of 149 to 153 Pentonville Road, father William Preston, ironmonger. Both signed full names. Witnessea William Preston, Jane Louise Preston.
  Family ID	F10	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothy Emma Freda BRAID,   b. 8 Nov 1907, Brentford RD d. May 1990, Hastings & Rother RD (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	Jun 1925	Hackney RD   [1]
  Children	1. Niobe Mavis Vincer Minter,   b. 12 Jul 1943, Staines RD d. Dec 1943, Staines RD (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F11	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Feb 1897 - Exning, Suffolk  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Wireless World April 1971 Tribute to Norman Preston Vincer Minter

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] BMD index. [S20] 1939 Register at finmypast.co.uk. [S14] The Times Digital Archive, September 2012. [S7] London Metropolitan Archives at Ancestry.co.uk, October 2009 and later.