Maurice Donald ‘Maurie’ Minter was the son of Robert Dadswell and Alice Stainer Minter, of Newport, Isle of Wight, he enlisted in the General Service Corps and volunteered for airborne forces.
Private Minter successfully completed glider training and was posted to 12th (Airborne) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, and took part in Operation Overlord (Normandy).
Pte Minter was killed in action on 12 June 1944, aged 18, and was given a field burial at Amfreville and re-interred to Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, France, on 14 June 1945.
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By Rod Gibson
With additional information and photo from Gillian Green (Great Niece)
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