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Corporal

John Thomas Christopher Minney

Service number 1542505
Military unit 71 MU Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address Unknown
Date of birth 06 Feb 1921
Date of death 10 Sep 1945 (24 years old)
Place of birth Woodchurch, Wirral
Employment, education or hobbies

In 1939, he was golf course greens man.

Family history

He was the son of James and May Minnie and the brother of Mary, Leah, Dorothy and James Minnie. In 1939, his address was 2, Home Farm Cottages, Pool Lane, Birkenhead, Cheshire. John Minney and Betty Clarke were married at Hucknall during the last quarter of 1943. Their son John was born in 1945.

Military history

Hucknall Cemetery Sec. D. Grave 745.

John Minney was found dead in a disused gun pit in Iver Parish on 11th September with a gun shot wound to the neck. His death was ruled accidental at an inquest (via Jon Heyworth)

Extra information

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Photographs

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