Ref ID: 5366
Name
James May.
Description
Belfast Telegraph Newspaper Photograph of Lance Corporal James May.
Life Story
Name: James May.
Service Number: 9762.
Rank: Lance Corporal.
Battalion: 2nd Battalion.
Regiment: Kings Own Scottish Borderers.
Born: Scotland.
Died: 18th October 1914.
Address: 29 Dagmar Street, Belfast
.
James May, son of Henry and Margaret May, lived with his wife at 63 Newcastle Street, Belfast
.
The Presbyterian Church in Ireland Roll of Honour 1914-1919 has James living at 29 Dagmar Street, Shankill Road, Belfast
.
The 1911 Ireland Census has James living within Palace Barracks, Holywood, County Down
.
James married Maud May, Nee Coffey, on the 31st of October 1911 within Megain Memorial Church, Belfast
.
Enlistment Papers show that James had joined the Scottish Rifles on the 13th of October 1903 before serving within the Kings Own Scottish Borderers.
He was posted as part of the British Expeditionary Force to France on the 30th of August 1914.
James was a Private within 2nd Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers when he was Killed In Action in France on the 18th October 1914
.
A local newspaper states.
Mrs May 63 Newcastle Street, Belfast, has been informed officially that her husband, Corporal James May, Kings Own Scottish Borderers, was killed in action on the 18th October
.
Private Henry May, a brother of James, won the Victoria Cross, V.C for an act of bravery, saving his Lieutenants life, in the field on the 22nd October 1914
.
James Soldiers Effects were left to his widow Maud.
A Pension Application Form shows his widow as claimant.
Dependant Pension Application Forms show his wife Maud as claimant also
.
James received the British War Medal, Victory Medal and 1914 Star
.
He is Remembered at Le Touret Memorial, France.
To Remember Is To Honour
.
Theme
Shankill Roll of Honour
Date
1914
Classification
Newspaper, , Photograph - Belfast Telegraph
