Lieutenant George Geoffrey May
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
May,
George Geoffrey
Date of birth: 1893-09-25
Place of birth: Ottawa Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Archie Foster May (father), 339 MacLaren St., Ottawa, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): law student
Address:
339 MacLaren St., Ottawa, Ontario
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Canadian Cemetery No. 2, 1.A.7.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
(75th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Lieutenant (Army).
- Lieutenant, 75th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Vimy Ridge. He took part in an attack South of Givenchy, and as his body when recovered bore no signes of wounds he was apparently killed by concussion. Died 9/12-4-17
Commemoration location: Osgoode Hall War Memorial
Images
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 2954846
LAC ID:
192626
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B6068-S016
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 130th Battalion Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 75th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2007-05-02
Last modified: 2014-08-09