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Cyril Minton-Senhouse was born in Wolstanton on 18 November 1909, the elder son of Emily (née Meakin) and Herbert Minton-Senhouse, the manager of a pottery works. He was educated at Sedbergh School from 1923 to1928, and entered Worcester College, Oxford on 12 October 1928. Cyril Minton-Senhouse graduated with a pass degree in 1932 and after leaving the University he was ordained in the Church of England.
In 1939, the Reverend Minton-Senhouse was vicar of Newtown, near Basingstoke in Hampshire. Following the outbreak of war he served as an ARP Warden in the village. He was commissioned as a Chaplain 4th Class in the Royal Army Chaplains Department on 17 June 1940. Cyril Minton-Senhouse married Rebe Kathleen Clarke of Haslemere in 1944.
Cyril Minton-Senhouse was posted as Padre to 151 (Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery on 31 January 1944; they arrived in Normandy on 13 June of that year. On 29 June 1944 the Regimental Headquarters came under attack from the German artillery and several enemy shells landed in the area, wounding two gunners and severely wounding Cyril Minton-Senhouse to the head. He was evacuated to a field hospital, but on 30 June 1944 the Reverend Chaplain Cyril Minton-Senhouse died of his wounds, he was 35.
Cyril Minton-Senhouse is buried at Ryes War Cemetery in France. He is commemorated on the war memorials at Newtown, Haslemere, Sedbergh School, and at Worcester College, Oxford.