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
UK & Other Memorials
Ware Town Memorial
St Mary’s Church Memorial, Ware
Christchurch Memorial, Ware
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
