Samuel John Minter

1888 - Bef 1973  (85 years)

• Name	Samuel John Minter
  Birth	7 Apr 1888	Newhaven, Sussex   [1]
  Christening	21 May 1888	Newhaven, Sussex   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 24 May 1973	Greenwich RD   [1]
  Cremation	24 May 1973	Eltham Crematorium   [3]
  Reference Number	3584
  _UID	043675CD89AE4716BB15852358546D44E55D
  Notes	Ancestry.com have Samuel's service records in connection with his claim to WW1 pension. He enlisted on 23 March 1910, originally in the Sherwood Foresters, then the Coldstream Guards and finally the Labour Corps. When he joined up his age was given as 21 years 11 months, a general labourer of 39 Cens Road, Plumstead, London SE, born Newhaven, Sussex. During his time in the army Samuel was in India between 18 October 1912 and 2 September 1914, France from 24 March 1915 to 29 May 1915 then 30 October 1918 and 25 April 1919. Prior to joining the army Samuel was an explosives worker at the Woolwich Ordnance Factory and between 1 December 1916 and 9 January 1917 was attached to the Nobel Explosives factory in Kilmarnock. He gave his next-of-kin as his father (name omitted) of 3 Cens Road , Plumstead. Samuel's pension claim was based on a hernia. He was assessed to be 60% disabled by this and was awarded a pension of 5/6 a week from 25 May 1919. 1911 census: Samuel, 22, was a lieutenant corporal in the 2Bn Sherwood Forresters at Crownhill Barracks, Crownhill, Devon. 1921 census: at 35, Blithdale Road, Plumstead, London, Samuel John MINTER (head,33y 2m, married, born Lewes, Newhaven, general labourer at the Ammunition Component Dept, Ordnance Factories, Woolwich), Florence MINTER (wife, 33y 11m, married, born Woolwich, London, home duties), Gladys S SMITH (step daughter, 9y 8m, father dead, born Plumstead, London, whole time school), Walter SMITH (step son, 8y 2m, father dead, born Plumstead, London, whole time school), Leonard SMITH (step son, 6y 1m, father dead, born Plumstead, London, whole time school), Frederick SMITH (step son, 3y 7m, father dead, born Plumstead, London) and John Edward MINTER (son, 7 months, born Plumstead, London). 1939 Register: at Minter, Samuel J born 7 Apr 1888, married, builders labourer Minter, Florence M E born 20 Jul 1885 [actually 1883], married, unpaid d d SMITH (later amended to BEADLE), Gladys S born 5 Oct 1911, single, incapacitated --- 1 closed record --- Minter, Edward S born 25 Sep 1922, single, junior inspecor electrical ----- --- 1 closed record --- The London Gazette of 26 May 1953 reported the award of the Imperial Service Order to Samuel John Minter, labourer in the Ministry of Works.
  Person ID	I3584	Ash, Kent
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Edward Minter,   b. Dec 1865, Newhaven, Sussex d. 17 May 1929, Woolwich RD (Age ~ 63 years)
  Mother	Minnie YOUNG,   b. Abt 1866, Brighton, Sussex d. Mar 1896, Woolwich RD (Age ~ 30 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1886	Lewes RD   [1]
  Family ID	F509	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Florence Maud Eleanor LANGRIDGE,   b. 20 Jul 1883, Woolwich d. 25 Jul 1980, Greenwich RD (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	20 Mar 1920	Woolwich RD   [4]
  	Married by license, Samuel, 33, bachelor, bricklayer, 39 Ceres Road, Plumstead, father Edward Minter, boiler maker. Florence Maud Smith, 33, widow, stores assistanr Royal Arsenal, 35a Blethdale Road, Plumstead, father Harry Stephen Langridge (deceased, crossed out), foreman Royal Arsenal. Both signed. Witnesses Mabel Sophia Langridge and F Holliday. Florence's age appears to be understated by 10 years. She appeared in the 1891 census aged 7 and in 1901 aged 17, with her parents and siblings, so by 1920 would have been about 37.
  Children	1. John Edward Minter,   b. Dec 1920, Woolwich RD d. 5 Aug 1922, Woolwich RD (Age ~ 1 years)   2. Edward Samuel Minter,   b. 25 Sep 1922, Woolwich RD d. 23 May 1994, Southwark RD (Age 71 years)   3. Alexander William Minter,   b. 25 Jul 1925, Woolwich RD d. 1992, Overseas (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F510	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 7 Apr 1888 - Newhaven, Sussex Christening - 21 May 1888 - Newhaven, Sussex  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] BMD index. [S336] England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, ancestry.com, July 2014 and later. [S289] www.deceasedonline.com, April 2012 and later. [S28] Marriage certificate (copy).