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May Susannah Minter
1896 - Yes, date unknown-
Name May Susannah Minter Birth 1 May 1896 Beckenham, Kent 
[1] Gender Female Reference Number 917 _UID BE3A769534814106B666B33953B2202B579C Death Yes, date unknown Notes - Records at The National Archives, found by Mike Minter, show that May applied to become an Army Laundress in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. At the time she was living at 11 Raleigh Road, Penge, London SE 20. She enlisted at St Leonards-on-Sea on 24 September 1917. She was posted to Etaples camp in France on 18 October 1917 and spent some time in hospital there in January/February 1918. Her discharge was authorised on 18 December 1918 on medical grounds (pregnancy) This was 2 days after May had married. May finally left the service in January 1919. Her son John P Collins was born a few months later but died within months.
By 1939 May's husband was living with his second-wife-to-be. I haven't been able to work out what became of May.
Person ID I917 Ash, Kent Last Modified 28 Aug 2020
Father John Fagg Minter, b. 24 Oct 1860, 10 St Peters Street, Folkestone, Kent d. 28 Feb 1919, 11 Raleigh Road, Penge, Kent (Age 58 years) Mother Sarah Ann HUTCHING, b. Jun 1859, Moreton, Essex d. Dec 1930, Croydon RD (Age ~ 71 years) Marriage Dec 1885 Croydon, Surrey [1] Family ID F199 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family John Peter COLLINS, b. 21 Apr 1897, St Saviour RD d. Sep 1965, Islington RD (Age 68 years) Marriage 16 Dec 1918 All Saints, Islington, London [1, 2] - Married by licence. John Peter Collins, 21, bachelor, soldier of 60 Northdown Street, N, father John Collins, painter. May Susannah Minter, 22, spinster of 60 Northdown Street, N, father Jack Minter, stonemason. Both signed full names. Witnesses Albert Henry Collins, Mary Cathrine Firman.
Children 1. John P COLLINS, b. Jun 1919, Islington RD d. Mar 1920, Islington RD (Age ~ 0 years)Family ID F194 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 28 Aug 2020
- Records at The National Archives, found by Mike Minter, show that May applied to become an Army Laundress in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. At the time she was living at 11 Raleigh Road, Penge, London SE 20. She enlisted at St Leonards-on-Sea on 24 September 1917. She was posted to Etaples camp in France on 18 October 1917 and spent some time in hospital there in January/February 1918. Her discharge was authorised on 18 December 1918 on medical grounds (pregnancy) This was 2 days after May had married. May finally left the service in January 1919. Her son John P Collins was born a few months later but died within months.
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Birth - 1 May 1896 - Beckenham, Kent 
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