Private Joseph Stanley May
Army Number: 32707
Battalion: 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.
Born at Tupton, Derbyshire and lived at Pilsley, Derbyshire. Son of John Stanley and Mary Ellen May, of Garth House, Pilsley, Chesterfield. He was a grocers assistant prior to enlisting at Ilkeston, Derbyshire. He died of wounds, on 21st August 1918, aged 24, at No, 24 Casualty Clearing Station, Italy.
Buried: Cavalletto British Cemetery, Italy. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 13.
Private Joseph Stanley May is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Mary’s Church Lychgate War Memorial, Pilsley, Derbyshire.
His brotherĀ Private Percy White May, 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, also fell in the Great War.