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File:6th Border Regiment Officers, Egypt 1916.jpg|Lieutenant May, (middle row, 4th from left) Sidi Bashr, Egypt, 1916 |
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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]] |
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File:Officers Allured, Dedman, May, Healy (6th Border Regiment).jpg|Officers [[Will Allured|Allured]], [[John Johnstone Dedman|Dedman]], May and [[Edward Healy|Healy]] |
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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 |
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File:Carr & May 6th Border Regiment.jpg|[[Ronald Nicholson Carr|Captain Carr]] and Lieutenant May, 1916 |
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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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Latest revision as of 17:04, 17 May 2020
a Soldier of the Border Regiment / Remembered with Honour
Military
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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
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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
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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. |
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Websites | Biography of Claude Boyle May / University of Glasgow |
Biography
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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
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