John Edgar Minter

1898 - 1917  (~ 19 years)

• Name	John Edgar Minter
  Birth	Mar 1898	Hamble, Hampshire   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	9A477B4070884EA29C7E8E1F04B833094381
  Death	9 Jul 1917	HMS Vanguard, Scapa Flow, WW1   [2]
  Notes	1911 census: as Edgar J Minter, 18, at school, born Hamble, John was staying at 5 Charles Street, Southampton, Hants (7 rooms) with his brother in law Sidney Josiah WILKINs, his wife and two children. Also present were Mary MOREY, widow, 75, old age pensioner born Lymington and Winifred E MAY (Sidney's sister in law), 20, no occupation, born Sandwich, Kent. John was a gunner, number RMA/14988, in the Royal Marine Artillery on HMS Vanguard. He was 19 when he died, son of Isaac and Agnes Minter of 5 Charles Street, Southampton. His grave is number 27 in the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. HMS Vanguard sank at Scapa Flow with 800 crew members on 9/7/1917 when the magazine exploded. The following appears in the National Roll of the Great War, 1914 - 1918 (at Ancestry.co.uk, Jan 2010): MINTER, J E, Gunner RMA He joined in June 1916 and after receiving his training at the Royal Eastney Barracks, Portsmouth, was posted for duty with HMS 'Vanguard'. He lost his life on July 9th 1917, when his ship was destroyed by an internal explosion at Scapa Flow. He was entitled to the General Service and Victory Medals. 5 Charles Street, Southampton. X4434 John's mother was awarded a dependant's pension of 8 shillings a week from 10 January 1918. (record at https://www.fold3.com/image/669278250).
  Person ID	I193	Thorpe le Soken, Essex
  Last Modified	28 May 2021

  
  

  Father	Isaac Abraham Minter,   b. Dec 1865, Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex d. Dec 1902, Southampton, Hampshire (Age ~ 37 years)
  Mother	Mary Agnes MOREY,   b. Abt 1856, Southampton, Hampshire d. Jun 1936, Southampton, Hampshire (Age ~ 80 years)
  Marriage	Jun 1897	South Stoneham RD   [1]
  Family ID	F82	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Mar 1898 - Hamble, Hampshire  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] BMD index. [S7] Commonwealth War Graves Commission.