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Sapper SAMUEL BERESFORD MAY

Service Number: 158525
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

257th Tunnelling Coy.

Date of Death

Died 15 August 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ADINKERKE MILITARY CEMETERY

C. 18.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Elizabeth May, of 330, Derby Rd. Birdholme, Chesterfield, and the late Thomas May.
  • Personal Inscription FOR EVER WITH THE LORD
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

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Buried or commemorated at

ADINKERKE MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 365
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