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Pte. Henry May
British Army 2nd Btn., A Coy. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Clonaslee, Mountmellick
Henry May was my grandfather. He was taken prisoner on 27th August 1914 at Ligney-En-Cambresis at the retreat from Mons. He received a gunshot wound to his left knee and a shrapnel wound to his left elbow and remained a POW for the duration of the war.
He had enlisted in 1900 at Naas, Co Kildare aged 17 but stated that he was 19. He served in S Africa, Malta, Eqypt and France. Henry was demobilized on 28th March 1919. He passed away in 1942 in Dublin.