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Pte. Martin May
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
(d.1st July 1916)
Martin May is named on the Thiepval Memorial
Gnr. Melville May
British Army 74th Trench Mortar Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Aberdeen
(d.8th June 1917)
Melville May was the son of Thomas Fenton May and Canadian Mary Jones born June 1880 in Moncton Barracks, where his father was in the military. He had met his wife on service in Canada. His uncle Peter May was also in the military. Melville was educated in Aberdeen, Scotland, where his father worked as the city's chief sanitary inspector. Melville married Margaret Ann Ross, also from Aberdeen, in Lambeth in 1905 and he was a colonial merchant buyer before enlisting.
Melville May was in Kitchener's Army and most likely died in the Messines offensive, as records show 5th, 6th or 8th of June 1917 as date of death. His widow was awarded 17 shillings for herself and their children (born 1907 and 1912) and £7 widow's pension.
Sapper. Patrick May
British Army 455th West Riding Field Company Royal Engineers
from:Sheffield
Patrick May served with 455th West Riding Field Company, Royal Engineers.
Pte. Peter Brown Clives May
British Army 1st Btn. Gordon Highlanders
from:St Nicholas, Aberdeen
(d.27th Sept 1918)
Peter May is my Great Uncle (mothers uncle). I found his grave in The British Cemetery at Grevillers in France.
Sgt. Charles Ernest Maycock
British Army 12th Btn. Rifle Brigade
(d.30th Nov 1917)
Spr. James Richard Mayell
Royal Engineers 222nd (Tottenham) Field Company
from:Walthamstow
(d.20th May 1917)
James Richard Mayell was my grandmothers first husband. Her name, prior to her marriage was May Hurlock. They married on Christmas day in 1913 and in March 1915, their son, Bernard James Mayell was born. Sadly, the child died in a tragic accident a year later and then James Richard Mayell was killed in action on 20th of May 1917.
My grandmother went on to emigrate to Canada and married and had a life in Canada. She never spoke about this time in her life. I do not have any photos of her husband or child and would love to connect with anyone in the Mayell family who may be able to provide more information.
Pte. Frederick John Mayer
Australian Imperial Forces D Coy. 3rd Pioneer Battalion
from:Boolarra, Victoria, Australia
My Great Grandfather, John Frederick Mayer, enlisted on the 2 Feb 1916 leaving his wife Jessica and 6 children home alone in Country, Victoria, Australia. He embarked on 6th of June 1916 on board H.M.A.T Wandilla. He was sent to France on the 14th of November 1916. On the 29th of June 1918 while in France he was admitted to Hor-War hospital for shell gassed. He returned to Australia on board the ship Karagola on 27th of July 1919 were he lived until 7th July 1946, old enough to see his three sons serve Australia again World War 2
Pte. Samuel Mayer
British Army 7th Battalion, A Company, 4th Platoon Norfolk Regiment
from:Audey, Staffordshire
Pte. J. Mayers
British Army 1st/13th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Dengland
(d.16th Jun 1917)
Pte. J. Mayers served with the Royal Fusiliers 1st/13th Btn. He was executed for desertion on 16th June 1917 and is buried in Achicourt Road, in Achicourt, France.
Pte. Wilfred Mayers
British Army 7th Battalion South Lancashire Regiment
from:Tarvin, Chester
(d.24th August 1917)
Pte. Ernest Mayes
British Army 12th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment
Shipley Family of Patriots. Four Brothers and Two Sisters’ Husbands
Four sons and two wives by marriage of Mr and Mrs J Mayes of Shipley is a record of patriotic service of which all concerned may well feel proud. Of the four sons one has paid the supreme penalty. Appended are particulars:
- Pte. William Henry Mayes, West Yorks, Born 1886 Bradford is the eldest son. He joined up shortly after the outbreak of war, and after having been wounded and suffering from shell shock he was again at the front.
- Pte. Ernest Mayes, West Yorks, Born 1888, Reg. No. 38206, 12th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales) Received the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, was killed in action 13/12/1917. Remembered with honour at Mory Abbey Military Cemetery, Mory, France. He had been in the army about two years. He was married and was previously in the employ of Messers Parkinson of Shipley.
- Pte. Albert Mayes of the West Yorks, born 1891, three years service in the Army and has been once wounded. Had quite a colourful time, served in the army with one or two absences for which he forfeited pay.
- Pte. Norman Mayes the youngest son, born 1899, Bradford. Joined the West Yorks and afterwards transferred to the Machine Gun Corps. He was in the army about three years.
- Pte. J Armitage (regiment un-known) of Bolton Woods served twelve months including Palestine. He was previously in the employ of Messrs. Fattorini and Sons, Bradford and is the son-in law of Mr and Mrs Mayes.
- Pte. J W Yarker, West Yorks, another son-in law,was in Kings Own Light Infantry, received the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. Was promoted to Lance Corporal but requested to be reduced back to private. He was gassed twice and received a bullet wound to the leg. John William Yarker was in the reserve army from 1913 which was officially disembodied in 1920. There are two absences on his war record.
Lt.Col. Leslie Cecil Maygar VC.
Australian Imperial Force 4th Light Horse Regiment
from:Australia
Leslie Cecil Maygar was born near Kilmore, Victoria, on 27 May 1868. He was farming at Euroa when he volunteered for service with the Victorian Mounted Rifles and served in the South African War. It was during this conflict that Maygar was awarded the Victoria Cross for the rescue of a fellow soldier under heavy fire. After the war he returned to farming and once again volunteered for military service when the First World War broke out, enlisting with the Australian Imperial Force on 20 August 1914. Maygar departed Melbourne with the 4th Light Horse Regiment aboard HMAT Wiltshire on 19 October 1914.
Whilst serving on Gallipoli in 1915 Maygar was promoted to the rank of major and in October that year was appointed to command the 8th Light Horse Regiment. In December 1915 he began to document his experiences in a series of letters home, recalling in great detail the evacuation from Gallipoli, which he deemed "a marvellous piece of military strategy probably never equalled in all the annals of history." Maygar was in command of the last party to withdraw from the trenches at ANZAC Cove.
Rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel, Maygar distinguished himself as a fine leader and horseman in the desert campaigns of Sinai and Palestine, during which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. Maygar continued to document his experiences, in particular the extensive preparations for the second battle of Gaza in April 1917. He died on 1 November 1917 from wounds sustained at the battle of Beersheba the day before. Leslie Maygar is buried at the Beersheba War Cemetery in Israel.
Lt.Col. Leslie Cecil Maygar VC, DSO, VD.
Australian Imperial Force 8th Btn. Australian Light Horse
from:Australia
(d.1st Nov 1917)
Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Cecil Maygar served with the 8th Battalion, Australian Light Horse during WW1 and was killed in action on the 1st November 1917 age 43. He is buried in Beersheba War Cemetery in Israel. he was the son of the late Edwin Wills Maygar and Helen Maygar. Native of Dean Station, Kilmore, Victoria, Australia.
An extract from the London Gazette, dated 11th Feb., 1902, records the following:
At Geelhoutboom, on the 23rd November 1901, Lieutenant Maygar galloped out and ordered the men of a detached post, which was being outflanked, to retire. The horse of one of them being shot under him, when the enemy were within 200 yards, Lieutenant Maygar dismounted and lifted him on to his own horse, which bolted into boggy ground, causing both of them to dismount. On extricating the horse and finding that it could not carry both, Lieutenant Maygar again put the man on its back and told him to gallop for cover at once, he himself proceeding on foot. All this took place under a very heavy fire."
He had received a V.C. during the Second Boer War in 1901
Lt.Col. Leslie Cecil Maygar VC, DSO, VD,
Australian Army 8th Btn. Australian Light Horse
from:Victoria, Australia
(d.1st Nov 1917)
Leslie Maygar was the son of Edwin Wills Maygar and Helen Maygar, and a native of Dean Station, Kilmore, Victoria, Australia. He received the V.C. during the Second Boer War 1901. An extract from the London Gazette, dated 11th Feb., 1902, records the following:- "At Geelhoutboom, on the 23rd November 1901, Lieutenant Maygar galloped out and ordered the men of a detached post, which was being outflanked, to retire. The horse of one of them being shot under him, when the enemy were within 200 yards, Lieutenant Maygar dismounted and lifted him on to his own horse, which bolted into boggy ground, causing both of them to dismount. On extricating the horse and finding that it could not carry both, Lieutenant Maygar again put the man on its back and told him to gallop for cover at once, he himself proceeding on foot. All this took place under a very heavy fire."
He was killed in action on the 1st November 1917, aged 42 and is buried in the Beersheba War Cemetery in Israel
Pte. Albert Edward Mayger
British Army 16th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(d.8th Oct 1917)
Rflmn. Ernest Edwin Mayhew
8th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps
(d.12th Oct 1917)
Ted Mayhew served with the 8th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps.
Dvr. Frank Mayhew
British Army 77th Field Company Royal Engineers
from:Worlingworth, Suffolk
Frank Mayhew was 23 years old when he enlisted at Framingham in Suffolk on 26th of January 1915. His papers include a reference from his employer, A S Aldred of Axtead Mill, stating he was capable of driving horses and steam. He was transferred to the 77th Field Company, Royal Engineers and attached to the 17th (Northern) Division. On 23rd of February he was confined to barracks for 2 days by 2nd Lt Moncrieff for being unshaven on parade.
On 14th of July 1915 the Company travelled from Southampton to Le Havre aboard two ships, the SS Chyebassa and SS Viper. They billeted at Chateau la Garenne near Ebblingham and Reninghelst on their way to the front line. They took over the trenches between St Eloi and Triangular Wood near Ypres on 12th of August 1915. His Company remained at or near the front until the end of the war. They were in Ypres, Armentieres, The Somme, Arras, Passchendaele, Cambrai, the German Spring Offensive, Amiens and the last 100 days. They were in the Mormal Forest near Maubeuge when the War ended, Frank does not appear to have been wounded and after sailing back to Southampton on 23rd May 1919 on the ships SS Caesarea and SS Iona, he was demobbed on 3rd July 1919. He returned to Worlinworth and died in 1951
L/Cpl. John Herbert Mayhew
British Army 8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Durham
(d.26th September 1916)
Pte. R. Mayhew
Army Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Ernest Arthur Mayman
British Army 1st Btn. B Coy. East Yorkshire Regiment
Pte. Cephas Alexander Maynard
British Army 20th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
(d.20th July 1916)
Rfmn. James Frederick Maynard
British Army 7th Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Kensington, London
(d.6th Dec 1916)
James Maynard enlisted at Camberwell and served with the 7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. We have no a Army records as they appear to have been among the 'burnt records'. He is laid to rest in Lijssenhoek Military cemetery, killed in action on 6th December 1917. You will also find him listed on the War memorial at Waterloo station in London as he was employed by the London & South Western Railway Company as a bridge painter before enlistment. James was my Great Grandad, He died aged 26 years leaving a young wife also aged 26 and two young children, my Nan aged four years old and her younger brother aged 18 months. According to the medal cards he was awarded the Victory Medal but we have no further information or photographs.
Pte. Samuel Maynard
British Army 5th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
(d.6th Jul 1915)
Pte. Thomas Walter Maynard
British Army 1st Btn. London Regiment
from:Godstone, Surrey
(d.3rd May 1917)
All I know is that Thomas Maynard was only 19 years old when he died, he has no grave. Wish I could find out more.
Cpl. Arthur Thomas Mayne MM.
British Army Lancashire Hussars
from:Liverpool
Arthur Mayne was wounded in the right arm on 10th of October 1918. He had been awarded the Military Medal in June 1918 for gallantry in the field.
Pte. David Mayne
British Army 7th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Belfast
(d.7th June 1917)
Lt. George Rufane Talbot Mayne MC.
Canadian Army Army Service Corps
(d.10th Nov 1918)
Lieutenant George Mayne is buried six yards east of the church in the Ballymacormick Church of Ireland Churchyard, Co. Longford, Ireland.
Sig. Joseph M. Mayne
British Army 412 Bty. Royal Field Artillery
from:Co. Durham
Pte. Thomas Mayrick
Army 14th btn. Royal Warwickshire Regt
from:Bidford-on-Avon.
(d.28th Sep 1916)
Pte Thomas Mayrick died of wounds at Netley on the 28th Sept 1916, he was 22 years old. He was buried at St Lawrence's Church, Bidford-on-Avon.
Pte. William Douglas Mays
British Army 8th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment
(d.21st March 1918)
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