Edwin Martin Minter

1891 - 1960  (68 years)

• Name	Edwin Martin Minter
  Birth	16 Sep 1891	Bermondsey, London   [1]
  Christening	18 Oct 1891	St Matthew Newington, Surrey   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	625
  _UID	08E059B01FD34C188EB438B638722789D10A
  Death	24 Jun 1960	Royal Victoria Hospital, Boscombe, Hampshire   [3]
  Notes	Ancestry.com has some of Edwin's service record. It shows that he was a lance corporal in the Royal Army Service Corps, having enlisted on 30 January 1915, giving his year of birth as 1891 and place of birth as Bermondsey. He was discharged ("Disembodied on Demobilisation") on 11 April 1919 and was awarded a pension (which expired on 14 October 1919) because of 'weakness of lung attrib under 20%'. Edwin learned to drive and became a heavy lorry driver. He suffered from pneumonia and was in Tooting Military Hospital between 21 July and 5 November 1917; it was noted that time in France (June to November 1916 and August 1918 to March 1919) and Salonika (November 1916 to May 1917), as a lorry driver, may have contributed to this. In his disabilty claim, Edwin said his health problems started in April 1917*: he had weakness of the chest, contracted malaria, then followed pneumonia and pleurisy and was eventually invalided home with tubercle of lung. He gave his employer prior to joining up as J A Warrington Rogers, 17 Victoria Street, London SW1. The medical examiner attributed Edwin's health problems to his war service and assessed the degree of disability as less than 20%. Edwin's next of kin was his father H M Minter, 537 Devon Blgs, Tooley Street, London SE1 (another address given was 56 Gainsford St, Horsleydown, London SE). When Edwin was given his medical on 30 January 1915 his stated age was 23 years and 122 days and his occupation, solicitor's clerk. His address on enlisting was 30 Cadbury Road, Bermondsey, London SE. A further series of documents shows that at the age of 17 years 6 months, when he was a clerk employed by G R Crofts, 27 Old Queen Street, Westminster, and living at 56 Gainsford St, Horsleydown, London SE, Edwin joined the 5th London Brigade, RFA on 20 May 1909. * a record at findmypast.co.uk shows that Rifleman 3766 E M Minter, aged 25, was admitted to the 28th General Hospital on 14 April 1917 and stayed there until 8 May 1917 when he was transferred to No. 1 CD. He had pulmonary tuberculosis. Civil Service Commission Appointments, Promotions And Transfers 1871-1942 at findmypast.co.uk: 5 September 1919, Edwin Martin Minter, Established clerk to inspector of taxes, Inland Revenue. 1939 Register (1): at 26 Alers Road, Bexley M.B., Kent Minter, Edwin M born 16 Sep 1891, married, senior tax officer, Inland Revenue [this entry is crossed through in red with the comment 'See Page 14'] Minter Rose A born 19 Apr 1895, married, unpaid domestic duties --- 1 closed record --- 1939 Register (2): at 885 Sidcup Road, Chislehurst and Sidcup U.D., Kent SNOW, Herbert D born 15 May 1898, married, traveller building trade & technical adviser SNOW, later Minter, Mary born 10 Apr 1898, married, unpaid domestic duties --- 2 closed records --- From England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 at Ancestry.com: Minter Edwin Martin of 13 Heron Court Road Bournemouth died 24 June 1960 at The Royal Victoria Hospital Boscombe Hampshire Administration Lewes 5 September 1961 to Mary Minter widow. Effects £233 12s.
  Person ID	I625	Ash, Kent
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Martin Henry Minter,   b. Mar 1864, Thanet RD d. Dec 1942, Finsbury RD (Age ~ 78 years)
  Mother	Sarah Charlotte LEACH,   b. 1858   d. Dec 1933, Rochford RD (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	18 Dec 1890	St Matthew Newington, Surrey   [1]
  	Married as Martin Henry Minter, a bachelor mariner of 53 Heygate Street; Sarah of 103 Darwin Street, daughter of Thomas Leach deceased a hairdresser.
  Family ID	F660	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Rose Amelia SEABROOKE,   b. 19 Apr 1895, Bermondsey, London d. 13 Feb 1944, Bexleyheath, Kent (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1923	St Olave Bermondsey RD   [4]
  Children	1. Donald Martin Minter,   b. 22 Dec 1928, Hendon RD d. 5 Jul 2017, Hertfordshire RD (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F1456	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Mary WEBB,   b. 10 Apr 1898, Wandsworth, London d. 20 May 1979, Surrey SE RD (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	Sep 1945	Woolwich RD   [5]
  Family ID	F1459	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Sep 1891 - Bermondsey, London  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] BMD index. [S159] London Metropolitan Archives at Ancestry.co.uk, October 2009 and later. [S3] BMD index, aged 68, Q2 1960 Bournemouth 6b/167. (Reliability: 4). [S3] BMD index, Q4 1923 St Olave 1d/299. (Reliability: 4). [S3] BMD index, Q3 1945 Woolwich 1d/2448a. (Reliability: 4).