Private Percy White May
Army Number: 32706
Battalion: 17th 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 lace draughtsman prior to enlisting at Ilkeston. He was killed in action, on 16th June 1916, at age 27, whilst serving in the line near Givenchy, France.
Buried: Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-lAvoue, France. Plot 3, Row G, Grave 31.
Private Percy White May is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Mary’s Church Lychgate War Memorial, Pilsley, Derbyshire.
His brother Private Joseph Stanley May, 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, also fell in the Great War.