William Leslie Minter

1892 - 1979  (86 years)

• Name	William Leslie Minter
  Birth	26 Dec 1892	Faversham, Kent   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	2442
  _UID	1894D7A7786B4366AD344714A4892B7FC9B8
  Death	20 Feb 1979	Pluckley, Kent   [1, 2]
  Notes	1911 census: William Leslie (boarder, 18, single, shipping clerk, shipping agen, worker, born Westgate, Kent) at 7 Avenue Mansions, Sisters Avenue, Lavender Hill, London SW (7 rooms), home of Frank Reginald Gould WILLIS, architect & surveyor, and family Form signed F R Gould Willis. July 2014: British Royal Air Force, Airmen's service records 1912-1939 at findmypast.co.uk: Joined the RAF on 29 April 1918. Next of kin father W Minter, 2 Madeira Road, Margate. Discharged on 13 October 1918. 1939 Register: at Regent Palace Hotel, City of Westminster, London Minter, Catherine D born 28 Mar 1902, married, unpaid domestic duties Minter, William D born 26 Dec 1892, married, director of British shipping firm at Naples, Italy. RAF officers reserve, 2nd lieutenant. Listed in London Gazette of 19 December 1939. London Gazette 4 February 1941: As Acting Pilot Officer on probation. - list includes 28th Nov. 1940, William Leslie MINTER (76231). London Gazette 21 March 1941: The undermentioned Pilot Officers are granted the war substantive rank of Flying Officer: '97 list includes 19th June 1940, William Leslie MINTER (76231). London Gazette, 25 June 1979 gives address at time of death as "Capricorn", Fir Toll, Station Road, Pluckley, Near Ashford, Kent, Retired Ship Broker. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995: MINTER, William Leslie of Capricorn Fir Toll Station Rd Pluckley Kent died 20 February 1979 Probabte Ipswich 11 May £5358. According to Bobby Thorn, June 2009: "Uncle Leslie of course worked & lived in Naples - The Di Lugo Wood shipping Company. Dorothea fell for him when he was on the Grand Tour. King Farouk chased her, but she was devoted to Uncle." In April 2025, Bobby Thorn added "Their daughter Julia Minter Carano produced two sons, Simon & Paul, onne a Doctor & the other a solicitor. Julia received a gold medal from the Pope for her work in one of their disasters - sorry for forgetting what it was. There is a plaque in the English Church near the sea front in Naples dedicated to her father Leslie for 50 years service to the church. He was a good footballer too. I have a little silver cup presented to him in 1938." December 2018: email contact from Margaret Backler in Australia, who is descended from Catherine Dorothea CAMPLING.
  Person ID	I2442	Ash, Kent
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	William Minter,   b. 16 Feb 1855, Sheldwich, Kent d. 6 Jan 1943, Canterbury, Kent (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Adelaide Pratt MURTON,   b. Dec 1852, Faversham, Kent d. 1910, Thanet RD (Age ~ 57 years)
  Marriage	17 Oct 1878	St Mary of Charity, Faversham, Kent   [3]
  	William Minter, 23, bachelor draper of Croydon, Surrey, father Thomas Minter farmer and Adelaide Poatt (sic) Murton, 25, spinster of Faversham, father William Murton grocer, by banns, sign/sign (signs Adelaide P Murton). Thomas Gillett (sign), Thomas Minter (sign), Jn H Murton (sign), H Minter Jnr (sign), H Minter (sign), Thomas (Dixon) senr (sign) witnesses.
  Family ID	F218	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Dorothea CAMPLING,   b. 28 Mar 1902, Yarmouth RD d. 2 Oct 1985, Torrington, Devon (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1924	Yarmouth RD   [1]
  Children	1. Valerie Minter   2. Julia Minter,   b. 9 Jul 1928, Naples, Italy d. 20 Jan 2003, Italy (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F936	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 26 Dec 1892 - Faversham, Kent  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] BMD index. [S353] https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk, October 2015 and later. [S173] Cliff Minter, from St Mary of Charity, Faversham PR, April 2010, Q4 1878 Faversham 2a/1361. (Reliability: 3).