John Thomas Christopher Minney
In 1939, he was Golf Course Greens Man.
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Born : 6th February 1921 : Woodchurch, Wirral, Cheshire.
Son of : James William Minnie, Senior : Born : Crewe, Cheshire :Circa : 1893 and May (or Mary) Minnie : Born : Holt, Denbighshire : Circa : 1897.
Baptised : Church of the Holy Cross, Woodchurch, Wiral, Cheshire.
Brother of : Mary Minnie : Leah Minnie : Dorothy Minnie and James Minnie.
According to the 1921 Census his Family were living in Woodchurch, Wirral, Cheshire, Grandfather, James William Minney, Senior, aged, 56 years, 5 months a Platelayer at the Gtrat Central Railway Company at Stoneton Station, Grandmother, Sarah Jane Minney, aged, 53 years, 5 months, Father, James William Minney, Junior, aged, 27 years, 9 months, also a Platelayer at the Great Central Railway Company at Stoneton Station, Mother May (or Mary) Minney, aged, 24 years, 2 months, Aunt, Leah Minney, aged, 13 years, 7 months, a Scholar, Granson, John Thomas Christopher Minney, aged, 4 Months old.
According to the 1939 Register, his address was 2, Home Farm Cottages, Pool Lane, Birkenhead, Cheshire, he was employed as a Golf Course Greens Man.
Husband of : Betty Clarke of Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
John Thomas Christopher Minney and Betty Clarke were married at Hucknall during the last quarter of 1943.
Father to : John Minnie : Born in 1945.
Corporal, John Thomas Christopher Minney served with 71 Maintenance Unit, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
He was found dead in a disused gun pit in Iver Parish, Buckinghamshire on 11th September 1945 with a gun shot wound to the neck.
At the inquest into his death a verdict of accidental death was recorded (via Jon Heyworth).
Buried : Hucknall Cemetery, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Grave Reference : Section : D. Grave : 745.
Personal Inscription reads : " Lonely hours bring silent tears for one we lost andloved so dear."
There is also a Commemorative Urn placed on his grave, Inscription reads " John Minney Died Sept. 10th 1945."
Photo of John Thomas Christopher Minney
Photograph of Corporal John Thomas Christopher Minney's CWGC headstone in Hucknall Cemetery, Nottinghamshire by Gary Crosby on the 26th May 2025.
Photo of John Thomas Christopher Minney
Photograph of Hucknall Cemetery, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire where Corporal, John Thomas Christopher Minney is buried by Gary Crosby on the 13th April 2025.