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Line 1: {{Infobox soldier-alt ~~{{SoldierInfoBox4~~ <!--MAIN IMAGE---------> ~~\|Image soldier={{No soldier image}}~~ \|image1 = May, Claude Boyle (Lieutenant).jpg ~~\|Image resting place=~~ \|image1_size = 450 ~~\|Name=Claude Boyle May, MC~~ \|image1_alt = Claude Boyle May ~~\|Rank=Captain~~ \|image_caption = Claude Boyle May ~~\|Number=~~ ~~\|Battalion=[[6th (Service) Battalion Border Regiment\|6th Battalion Border Regiment]]~~ ~~\|Company=~~ ~~\|Att'd/trans=~~ ~~\|Former unit=~~ ~~\|Enlisted=~~ ~~\|Resident=~~ ~~\|Where born=~~ ~~\|ServiceCountry=United Kingdom~~ ~~\|Where died=F & F~~ ~~\|How died=~~ ~~\|Age=26~~ ~~\|Date of death=19th November 1917~~ ~~\|Casualty type=Commonwealth War Dead~~ ~~\|Grave ref=XX. B. 2.~~ ~~\|Resting place=[[Loos British Cemetery]]~~ ~~\|Additional info=Son of James and Elizabeth G. B. May of 47, Johnstone Drive, Rutherglen, Glasgow.~~ ~~\|Source={{CWGC}} }}~~ ~~{{SoldierStub}}~~ ~~<!---ADD INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SOLDIER BELOW THIS LINE--->~~ <!--SCROLL-------------> \|scroll_imagesize = 450 \|scroll_fontsize = 160 \|scroll_name = Claude Boyle May \|scroll_battalion = 6th Battalion \|scroll_regiment = The Border Regiment <!--MILITARY-----------> \|rank = [[Captain]]<ref name="na">[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D3997447 Medal Card of Claude Boyle May]. The National Archives. Reference: WO 372/13/183772.</ref><br>[[Lieutenant]]<ref name="na"/> / 10 August 1915 \|service_number = \|company = \|battalion = [[6th Battalion]] \|regiment = [[Border Regiment]] \|enlisted = \|attached = \|transferred = \|former_unit = \|commands = \|theatres = Balkans / France and Flanders \|battles = \|tactics = \|service_period = \|honours = \|decorations = {{wl\|Military Cross}}<ref name="na"/> for actions in France, October 1917 \|medals = \|mention_in_dispatches= Mentioned in Despatches four times. \|service_records = \|other_records = <!--PERSONAL-----------> \|honourific_prefix = \|name = Claude Boyle May \|honourific_suffix = \|other_name = \|nickname = \|born = 1 June 1891 / Bridgeton, Glasgow<ref>Scotland’s People – record of birth.</ref><ref name="glasgow-uni">[https://universitystory.gla.ac.uk/ww1-biography/?id=576 Captain Claude Boyle May]. The University of Glasgow Story. Accessed 11 May, 2020.</ref> \|education = University of Glasgow / 1910-1914 <ref>[https://www.tradeshouselibrary.org/uploads/4/7/7/2/47723681/members_of_glasgow_otc_who_served_in_his_majesties_forces_1914-19.pdf University of Glasgow Roll of Honour]. Accessed 11 May, 2020.</ref> \|former_employment = \|spouse = \|children = \|parents = James and Elizabeth Glen Boyle May <ref name="glasgow-uni"/> / 47 Johnstone Drive, Rutherglen, Glasgow \|siblings = Two sisters \|additional_family = \|residence = \|nationality = Scottish <!--REMEMBRANCE--------> \|casualty_type = Commonwealth War Dead \|died = 19 November 1917 \|age = 26 Years \|cause_of_death = [[Killed in action]] \|burial_type = Grave / Inscription: {{sc\|Thy Will Be Done}} \|reference_number = XX.B.2. \|resting_place = {{CWGC cemetery\|id=62300\|name=Loos British Cemetery}} \|coordinates = {{osm\|50.45154\|2.79742\|14}} \|location_map = \|additional_memorials = Claude's name was added to their family grave in Rutherglen Cemetery. <!--MEDIA--------------> \|newspapers = \|periodicals = \|books = \|websites = [https://universitystory.gla.ac.uk/ww1-biography/?id=576 Biography of Claude Boyle May / University of Glasgow] \|links = <!--BIOGRAPHY----------> \|biography = Claude was born in Bridgeton, Glasgow, and was educated at Rutherglen Secondary School. He later undertook teacher training at the Glasgow Pupil Teachers’ Institute and the Glasgow Provincial Training College.<ref name="glasgow-uni"/><ref>[[Thomas Emil Bjerre\|Captain T.E. Bjerre]] is also a student in Glasgow at this time.</ref><ref>[[Adam Fulton (Captain)\|Adam Fulton]]’s [[Reminiscences and Experiences of Adam Fulton in the Great War (Part One)\|reminiscences in the Great War]] show that he thought May was a "school teacher somewhere in the West of Scotland" prior to military service.</ref> Claude was commissioned in 1914 and promoted to [[Lieutenant]] on 10 August 1915 just after his arrival at Suvla. <!--IMAGES-------------> \|images = <gallery mode="packed" heights=250px> File:6th Border Regiment Officers, Egypt 1916.jpg\|Lieutenant May, (middle row, 4th from left) Sidi Bashr, Egypt, 1916 File:Dedman, Fulton, May, Carr, Stiven, B Company (6th Border Regiment).jpg\|Officers: [[John Johnstone Dedman\|Dedman]], [[Adam Fulton\|Fulton]], May, [[Ronald Nicholson Carr\|Carr]], [[Frank Watson Stiven\|Stiven]] File:Officers Allured, Dedman, May, Healy (6th Border Regiment).jpg\|Officers [[Will Allured\|Allured]], [[John Johnstone Dedman\|Dedman]], May and [[Edward Healy\|Healy]] File:Officers Fulton, Stiven, Ridley, Hood and May (6th Border Regiment).jpg\|Officers [[Adam Fulton\|Fulton]], [[Frank Watson Stiven\|Stiven]], [[Douglas Farish Ridley\|Ridley]], [[John Wemyss Hood\|Hood]] and May File:Carr & May 6th Border Regiment.jpg\|[[Ronald Nicholson Carr\|Captain Carr]] and Lieutenant May, 1916 File:Officers Prosser, Fulton, Chance, and May (6th Border Regiment).jpg\|Officers Prosser, [[Adam Fulton\|Fulton]], [[Kenneth Miles Chance\|Chance]] and May, Suvla Bay, 1915 </gallery> <!--REFERENCES---------> \|references = {{reflist}} }} ~~<!---ADD INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SOLDIER ABOVE THIS LINE--->~~ ~~{{Border Regiment Wiki:Abbreviations & notes for remembrance infobox}}~~ ~~<noinclude>[[Category:Casualties (6th Battalion)]]~~ [[Category:Officers (6th Battalion)]] [[Category:~~Casualties~~6th ofBattalion ~~the~~Roll ~~Border~~of ~~Regiment~~Honour]]~~</noinclude>~~ [[Category:Recipients of the Military Cross]]