William Victor Minett
Memorial: Yate - St Mary's Church Lych Gate
Regiment: Hampshire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 23477
Parents: Francis and Louisa Minett
Home address: Melrose House, Corsham, Wilts
Date of birth: 1897
Place of birth: Acton Turville, Gloucestershire
Date of death: 20/09/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 88 to 90), Belgium
Age: 20
Further information:
William Victor Minett was born in to Francis and Louisa in Acton Turville where his father was a farmer in 1897. He had a sister called Elsie and in 1911 he was a pupil at The College in Elton Road, Clevedon
He enlisted in Cinderford in Gloucestershire with the 15th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment.
He was Killed in Action on the 20th September 1917, aged 20 and is commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 88 to 90 and 162)
William Victor Minett is remembered on the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, which is now at Yate and District Heritage Centre, under Yate
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
With kind permission of Yate and District Heritage Centre. Forces War Records and CWGC