Rifleman Theodore Joseph Minuto
| Date of Birth | c. 1893 |
|---|---|
| Age at Death | 23 |
| Date of Death | 1 July 1916 |
| Service Number | 4680 |
| Military Service | 1st/16th Battalion, London Regiment |
| Merton Address | |
| Local Memorial | St. Saviour’s Church, Raynes Park |
Additional Information
Theodore Joseph was the eldest son of Theodore Butterfield Minuto and May Emmeline Williams who had married at Christ Church in Forrest Hill, Kent on March 18th 1891. Theodore Joseph who was born in 1895 was baptized on August 18th 1895 at Christ Church. The marriage and baptism records reveal that Theodore Butterfield was employed as an electrician.
The 1901 Census reveals that 24 year old Theodore Joseph was employed as a medical electrician. The couple now had 3 children and now resided at 40 Colfe Road in Lewisham, Kent.
By 1911, Theodore Butterfield and May Emmeline had been married for a total of 20 years and had a total of 6 children, all alive and well. Their eldest son, Theodore Joseph who was now 18 years old was employed as a shorthand typist clerk at a motor car manufacturer. The family now resided at 75 Houston Road in Forest Hill, S.E.
Joseph Theodore Minuto’s Service record is not available through Ancestry. He enlisted at Westminster as a rifleman in the 16th (County of London) Battalion (Queens Westminster Rifles) and was killed in action on the 1st July 1916 in the Somme 0ffensive. He was commemorated at the Thiepval Memorial.
The memorial commemorates more than 72,000 men of British and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave, the majority of whom died during the Somme offensive of 1916.