Arthur Minter

1888 - 1918  (29 years)

• Name	Arthur Minter
  Birth	31 May 1888	Huntingfield, Suffolk   [1]
  Christening	8 Jul 1888	St Mary, Huntingfield, Suffolk   [2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	3ED29093F30A40489D387B9583153904725B
  Death	22 Mar 1918	WW1 casualty   [3]
  Notes	1911 census: in Huntingfield, Halesworth, Suffolk (7 rooms), Arthur (head, 22, single, grocer & draper, employer, born Huntingfield, Suffolk) and Rufus Everett (brother, 16, single, grocer & draper, worker, born Huntingfield, Suffolk). Also Albert Robert HARVEY (servant, 26, single, grocer & draper, worker, born Huntingfield, Suffolk), Ida Mildred OWLES (servant, 16, single, born Cratfield, Suffolk) and Margaret Helen RANSBY (servant, 14, born Huntingfield, Suffolk). Form signed Arthur Minter. May have married Edith S MORLEY in Q3 1912 (Stow 4a/2059) and had two children, Phyllis V (Q4 1914, Blything 4a/1974) and Edith J (Q2 1917 Blything 4a/1747). The above is confirmed by the following details taken from Ancestry's database of Royal Navy deaths (November 2008): Name: Arthur Minter Service Branch: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Unit: Anson Bn. Rank: Able Seaman Death Date: 22 Mar 1918 Cause of Death: Killed in action Burial: Arras Memorial (MR 20) Service History: Army Reserve 24/6/16 ; Entered 4/8/17 ; Draft for BEF 3/12/17, joined Anson Bn. 6/1/18-22/3/18 DD. Service Number: R/5770 Notes: b.31/5/1888 ; Next-of-Kin & home address: Wife, E.S., Post Office, Huntingfield, Suffolk. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941 (at Ancestry.co.uk, Nov 2010): MINTER Arthur of the Post Office Huntingfield Suffolk seaman Royal Naval Division died 22 March 1918 in France Probate Ipswich 22 August 1918 to Edith Sarah Minter widow and Sidney Minter grocer and draper. Effects £1255 11s 4d. Mike Minter has taken a photo of a memorial in Huntingfield Church which lists Arthur Minter and nine others "... in proud memory of these brothers who died that we might live". Mike also found the following on the Huntingfield War memorial: Able Seaman R/5770, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Anson Battalion, Royal Naval Division Died 22/03/1918. Age 29. Son of Robert Minter (Tailor,draper,and Postmaster at Huntingfield) and Elizabeth (nee Everett) one of 12 children. Married to Edith S. Morley (1912) had 2 daughters Phyllis V. (b. 1914) and Edith J. (b. 1917). Born Sept. 1888 in Huntingfield. No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial The following is taken from a document written by Nick Metcalfe, October 2011: Born 31 May 1888 at Huntingfield, Suffolk. Worked as a grocer & draper. Enlisted 24 June 1916 and posted to the Army Reserve. Mobilised 4 August 1917 and joined the Royal Naval Division Depot at Blandford Camp, Dorset. To France 3 December 1917 and joined the Anson Battalion in 188th Brigade, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division. Killed in action at Flesquieres on 22 March 1918. Arras Memorial.
  Person ID	I552	North Suffolk, Suffolk
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Robert Minter,   b. Dec 1856, Huntingfield, Suffolk d. 8 Sep 1916, Huntingfield, Suffolk (Age ~ 59 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth EVERRETT,   b. 8 Dec 1861, Cookley, Suffolk d. 5 Dec 1943, Framlingham, Suffolk (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	6 Aug 1880	Blything RD   [1]
  Family ID	F206	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edith Sarah MORLEY,   b. 2 Oct 1889, Woolpit, Suffolk d. 28 Feb 1974, Ardleigh, Colchester, Essex (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	Sep 1912	Stow RD   [1]
  Children	1. Phyllis Vera Minter,   b. 21 Sep 1914, Blything RD d. 18 Aug 2004, Colchester RD (Age 89 years)   2. Edith J Minter,   b. 29 Apr 1917, Blything RD d. Nov 2005, Colchester RD (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F261	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 31 May 1888 - Huntingfield, Suffolk  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Arthur Minter born 1888, Huntingfield, Suffolk

  
  

  Documents

  Service history of members of Robert Minter's family

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] BMD index. [S250] findmypast.co.uk from Suffolk Baptism Index 1538 - 1911. [S40] Mike Minter, May 2007.