Name
Ernest Leonard May
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/07/1917
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
G/39257
The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
8th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Panel 11 - 13 and 14.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
NA
UK & Other Memorials
Ware Town Memorial,
St Mary’s Church Memorial, Ware,
Christchurch Memorial, Ware,
Diocese - Book of Remembrance, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans,
Diocese of St Albans - ROH, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans
Pre War
Born in 1898 in Ware, Hertfordshire son of John and Edith May and was living in 8 High Street, Ware in 1901. His father was a harness maker from Devon and his mother a milliner. They had moved to 81 High Oak Road, Ware by 1911.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Hertford and was killed in action near Ypres.
Additional Information
Brother of Private William J May who died of wounds on 6 Jul 1917 and who is also commemorated on these memorials.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
