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|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>
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|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.
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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
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[[Category:6th Battalion Roll of Honour]]
[[Category:6th Battalion Roll of Honour]]
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Latest revision as of 17:04, 17 May 2020

a Soldier of the Border Regiment / Remembered with Honour
Claude Boyle May
Claude Boyle May
Claude Boyle May

Claude Boyle May
6th Battalion
The Border Regiment


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Military
Rank Captain[1]
Lieutenant[1] / 10 August 1915
Battalion 6th Battalion
Regiment Border Regiment
Theatre(s) of War Balkans / France and Flanders
Decorations Military Cross[1] for actions in France, October 1917
Mention in Dispatches Mentioned in Despatches four times.
Personal
Full Name Claude Boyle May
Born 1 June 1891 / Bridgeton, Glasgow[2][3]
Education University of Glasgow / 1910-1914 [4]
Parents James and Elizabeth Glen Boyle May [3] / 47 Johnstone Drive, Rutherglen, Glasgow
Sibling(s) Two sisters
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: Thy Will Be Done
Reference Number XX.B.2.
Resting Place Loos British Cemetery
Commemorated in perpetuity by the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Coordinates Latitude: 50.45154 / Longitude: 2.79742
Additional Memorial(s) Claude's name was added to their family grave in Rutherglen Cemetery.
Media
Websites Biography of Claude Boyle May / University of Glasgow
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.[3][5][6] Claude was commissioned in 1914 and promoted to Lieutenant on 10 August 1915 just after his arrival at Suvla.
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References and notes
See notes and definitions for soldier remembrance pages for further information.
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Medal Card of Claude Boyle May. The National Archives. Reference: WO 372/13/183772.
  2. ↑ Scotland’s People – record of birth.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Captain Claude Boyle May. The University of Glasgow Story. Accessed 11 May, 2020.
  4. ↑ University of Glasgow Roll of Honour. Accessed 11 May, 2020.
  5. ↑ Captain T.E. Bjerre is also a student in Glasgow at this time.
  6. ↑ Adam Fulton’s reminiscences in the Great War show that he thought May was a "school teacher somewhere in the West of Scotland" prior to military service.
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