William Marcus Minter

1877 - 1953  (76 years)

• Name	William Marcus Minter
  Birth	14 Mar 1877	Pimlico, London   [1, 2, 3]
  Christening	19 Feb 1882	St Gabriel's, Pimlico, London   [2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	ECDEBD9F26D34259ADEF02D7F2579B51643D
  Death	Dec 1953	Birmingham   [1]
  Notes	In 1891, William was at school in Christchurch, Hants. He married as Marcus William. 1911 census (1): Marcus Minter (34, married, born Pimlico, London) was a corporal, RMLI aboard the 'Hermione', a 2nd class protected cruiser, at Barrow in Furness, Lancashire. 1911 census (2): at 15 Cobden Street, Mill Lane, Gosport, Hants, Lily (wife, 22, married 4 years, 2 children both living, born Plymouth), William Henry (son, 3, born Gosport, Hants) and Jessie Lydia (daughter, 1 month, born Gosport, Hants). Form signed Mrs Lily Minter. 1921 census: at 1, Essington Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire (all MINTER), Marcus Wm. (head, 44y 4m, married, born Pimlico, London, works-police with Mr Charles Hyde, proprietor of Birmingham Mail & Post, Cannon Street, Birmingham), Lily (wife, 32y 6m, married, born Plymouth, Devonshire), William HY. (son, 13y 6m, born Gosport, Hants, whole time school), Lily Eliz. (daughter, 7y 11m, born Gosport, Hants, whole time school) and Marcus Robert (son, 2y 10m, born Birmingham). 1939 Register: at 7,64 Back Moseley Road, Birmingham C.B., Warwickshire Minter, Marcus W born 15 Mar 1877, married, gate keeper, Warks police Minter, Lily born 24 Dec 1888, married, housewife Minter, William H born 17 Dec 1907, single, capstan & turret lathe tool fitter William Frederick born 9 Jul 1926, at school November 2007: According to Pat Bartlam "Marcus won the DSM and had a very distinguished career in the RMLI." The award of the DSM was reported in the London Gazette on 6 September 1916. The following story appeared on 25 February 2015 in The News, Portsmouth: Trees in Gosport commemorate Battle of Gallipoli THE grandson of a World War One hero told pupils of his ancestor's incredible brush with death as they commemorated the Battle of Gallipoli by planting a tree. Pupils from Bay House School, in Gosport, recently visited the site, in Turkey, where more than 500,000 people died between April 25, 1915 and January 9, 1916. Lieutenant Martin Heighway, based at HMS Sultan in Gosport, is honouring those who died by donating pine trees to be planted as living memorials. Bay House is the first school in the area to receive an Aleppo pine and it was planted in the school grounds yesterday by Lt Heighway. He said: 'We're delighted at HMS King Alfred that Bay House School has chosen to accept our Aleppo pine on behalf of all those who fought and fell in the Gallipoli campaign of 1815. 'We've seen intense dedication from Bay House pupils towards making the memory live of those who fought.' The British lost the battle and many thousands of allied Australian and New Zealand troops were killed. Headteacher Ian Potter said: 'Gallipoli was a fantastic example of learning how different nations make sense of the same events to understand their identity.' After hearing about the school's trip to Gallipoli Martin Minter got in touch with his grandfather Marcus Minter's incredible story. Mr Minter, from Gosport, was serving in the Royal Marine Light Infantry and was guarding a captured Turkish trench when he was shot in the chest. He was saved by a tin of Bisto, with tobacco in it, which was in his pocket. His grandson still has the shrapnel bullet. He said: 'Without that tin, I wouldn't be here now.' The story is accompanied by a video of Martin Minter. I couldn't work out who Martin was but in December 2020 I received an email from Janet Minter saying that it was actually her husband Mark Minter
  Person ID	I28	Ipswich, Suffolk
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Robert Minter,   b. 13 Sep 1853, Washbrook, Suffolk d. 18 Jun 1942, 60 Vicarage Road, Watford (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Martha BAILEY,   b. Abt 1854, Ipswich, Suffolk d. 15 Oct 1930, Edmonton RD (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	Mar 1875	Ipswich, Suffolk   [1]
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lily Elizabeth ROBINSON,   b. 24 Dec 1888, Plymouth, Devon d. Mar 1944, Birmingham RD (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	10 Jul 1907	Alverstoke, Hampshire RD   [1]
  Children	1. William Henry Minter,   b. 17 Dec 1907, Gosport, Hampshire d. Jun 1976, Birmingham RD (Age 68 years)   2. Jessie Lydia Minter,   b. 14 Feb 1911, Alverstoke, Hampshire d. Mar 1913, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Age 2 years)   3. Lily Elizabeth May Minter,   b. 12 Jul 1913, Alverstoke, Hampshire d. Apr 1992, Birmingham RD (Age 78 years)   4. Marcus Robert Minter,   b. 30 Aug 1918, Birmingham d. 10 Mar 1974, Basingstoke, Hampshire (Age 55 years)   5. Frederick Minter,   b. 9 Jul 1926, Birmingham d. Sep 1986, S E Hants RD (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

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  [S3] BMD index. [S45] Baptismal register at findmypast.co.uk, June 2014. [S114] 1921 census.