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Pte. Harold Philip May

British Army 2/14th (London Scottish) Btn. London Regiment

from:London

(d.8th Feb 1918)

Harold May was wounded, possibly in early December in a Battle for Ain Karin on a ridge overlooking the city of Jerusalem from the west. He was eventually moved to No. 17 Troop hospital in Alexandria. While in the hospital the Service Chaplin had invited a lady, Miss P Jackson, from the Church Missionary Society to visit Harold. On Harolds death she wrote to Marie, his wife, expression sorrow for her loss. Harold died in Alexandria Troop hospital, Egypt on 8th of February 1918 aged just 22 years. He was buried in the Hadra Commonwealth War Cemetery, in Alexandria.

Headstone in Hadra Cemetary, Egypt



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