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Captain EDWARD PHILIP MAY

Service Number: 158899
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

8th (2nd Bn. The London Rifle Brigade) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 April 1945

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY

15. C. 1.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of John Percy and Blanche Ruth May, of Kirby Cross, Essex. Passed Auctioneers and Estate Agents' final examination.
  • Personal Inscription BORN OF AND FOR GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2455
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