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He was born in Thetford, Norfolk in 1891, the son of the Bahamian Allan Glaisyer Minns and Emily Pearson. His father was a doctor and later mayor of Thetford, the first black man to be the mayor of an English town.
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Allan Minns
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Educated at Thetford Grammar School, Allan junior followed his father by attending Guy"s Hospital, qualifying as a doctor in 1914. After volunteering for the Royal Army Medical Corps he was commissioned as a lieutenant in September 1914, rising to the rank of captain in March 1918. He saw active service in Gallipoli and Mesopotamia.
He was twice mentioned in despatches.
He died at Thetford on 6 April 1921, following a motor accident, and is buried in Thetford Cemetery.
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March 6, 1921 (aged 30)