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Second Lieutenant HERBERT CECIL MAY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

6th Bn. attd. 18th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 September 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ZANTVOORDE BRITISH CEMETERY

V. C. 19.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Nathaniel Alfred and Eugenie Angela May, of 20, Wetherby Gardens, Earl's Court, London. Educated at Winchester College.
  • Personal Inscription AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE REMEMBER HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

ZANTVOORDE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1584
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