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Three: Lieutenant F. May, Devonshire Regiment, later Royal Defence Corps, who worked for...
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Three: Lieutenant F. May, Devonshire Regiment, later Royal Defence Corps, who worked for Military Intelligence 7b(1) from 1916
Jubilee 1887, silver, unnamed as issued; Volunteer Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (6637 Sjt: F. May, 1st. V.B. Devon: Regt) impressed naming; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (165 Sjt. F. May. 7-Devon. R.) edge bruising and pin marks, very fine and better (3) £300-£400
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Fleetwood May was born in Penzance, Cornwall in 1863. Educated at Plymouth Public School and Trinity College, Cambridge he was appointed Headmaster at Cheriton Fitzpaine Board School, Devon. The circumstances surrounding the award of the Golden Jubilee Medal 1887 have not been uncovered. Appointed Headmaster at Topsham Boys’ School in 1893, he was awarded the Volunteer Long Service Medal in February 1906 and enlisted into the 7th (Cyclist) Battalion Devonshire Regiment on the formation of the Territorial Army in 1908. Discharged from the Territorial Force in October 1911 he re-enlisted in the 7th (Cyclists) Battalion on 14 October 1914 and was promoted Acting Quarter Master Sergeant. Attached to the Royal Army Medical Corps he was appointed Ward Master, Red Cross Hospital as Quarter Master Sergeant. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Territorial Force Reserve on 15 June 1915 he was promoted Lieutenant on being appointed to the Royal Defence Corps, 73rd Protection Company on 15 December 1915. He was employed during the Great War for two and a half years on propaganda work of a secret and confidential nature from 1916, and worked for Captain A. J. Dawson, Captain W. B. Wallis, and Major C. Street at M.I.7b(1) at Watergate House, Adelphi Court and Adastral House as part of the War Office.
May relinquished his commission on ceasing to be employed and retained the rank of Lieutenant, and was disembodied from 73rd Protection Company, Royal Defence Corps at Crystal Palace Dispersal Unit on 13 March 1919. Awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal in May 1921 he returned to his teaching appointment in Topsham. He died at Exeter on 1 December 1926, aged 62.
Sold with the original ribands as mounted, and copied service records and other research.
Jubilee 1887, silver, unnamed as issued; Volunteer Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (6637 Sjt: F. May, 1st. V.B. Devon: Regt) impressed naming; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (165 Sjt. F. May. 7-Devon. R.) edge bruising and pin marks, very fine and better (3) £300-£400
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Fleetwood May was born in Penzance, Cornwall in 1863. Educated at Plymouth Public School and Trinity College, Cambridge he was appointed Headmaster at Cheriton Fitzpaine Board School, Devon. The circumstances surrounding the award of the Golden Jubilee Medal 1887 have not been uncovered. Appointed Headmaster at Topsham Boys’ School in 1893, he was awarded the Volunteer Long Service Medal in February 1906 and enlisted into the 7th (Cyclist) Battalion Devonshire Regiment on the formation of the Territorial Army in 1908. Discharged from the Territorial Force in October 1911 he re-enlisted in the 7th (Cyclists) Battalion on 14 October 1914 and was promoted Acting Quarter Master Sergeant. Attached to the Royal Army Medical Corps he was appointed Ward Master, Red Cross Hospital as Quarter Master Sergeant. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Territorial Force Reserve on 15 June 1915 he was promoted Lieutenant on being appointed to the Royal Defence Corps, 73rd Protection Company on 15 December 1915. He was employed during the Great War for two and a half years on propaganda work of a secret and confidential nature from 1916, and worked for Captain A. J. Dawson, Captain W. B. Wallis, and Major C. Street at M.I.7b(1) at Watergate House, Adelphi Court and Adastral House as part of the War Office.
May relinquished his commission on ceasing to be employed and retained the rank of Lieutenant, and was disembodied from 73rd Protection Company, Royal Defence Corps at Crystal Palace Dispersal Unit on 13 March 1919. Awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal in May 1921 he returned to his teaching appointment in Topsham. He died at Exeter on 1 December 1926, aged 62.
Sold with the original ribands as mounted, and copied service records and other research.
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Three: Lieutenant F. May, Devonshire Regiment, later Royal Defence Corps, who worked for Military Intelligence 7b(1) from 1916
Jubilee 1887, silver, unnamed as issued; Volunteer Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (6637 Sjt: F. May, 1st. V.B. Devon: Regt) impressed naming; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (165 Sjt. F. May. 7-Devon. R.) edge bruising and pin marks, very fine and better (3) £300-£400
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Fleetwood May was born in Penzance, Cornwall in 1863. Educated at Plymouth Public School and Trinity College, Cambridge he was appointed Headmaster at Cheriton Fitzpaine Board School, Devon. The circumstances surrounding the award of the Golden Jubilee Medal 1887 have not been uncovered. Appointed Headmaster at Topsham Boys’ School in 1893, he was awarded the Volunteer Long Service Medal in February 1906 and enlisted into the 7th (Cyclist) Battalion Devonshire Regiment on the formation of the Territorial Army in 1908. Discharged from the Territorial Force in October 1911 he re-enlisted in the 7th (Cyclists) Battalion on 14 October 1914 and was promoted Acting Quarter Master Sergeant. Attached to the Royal Army Medical Corps he was appointed Ward Master, Red Cross Hospital as Quarter Master Sergeant. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Territorial Force Reserve on 15 June 1915 he was promoted Lieutenant on being appointed to the Royal Defence Corps, 73rd Protection Company on 15 December 1915. He was employed during the Great War for two and a half years on propaganda work of a secret and confidential nature from 1916, and worked for Captain A. J. Dawson, Captain W. B. Wallis, and Major C. Street at M.I.7b(1) at Watergate House, Adelphi Court and Adastral House as part of the War Office.
May relinquished his commission on ceasing to be employed and retained the rank of Lieutenant, and was disembodied from 73rd Protection Company, Royal Defence Corps at Crystal Palace Dispersal Unit on 13 March 1919. Awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal in May 1921 he returned to his teaching appointment in Topsham. He died at Exeter on 1 December 1926, aged 62.
Sold with the original ribands as mounted, and copied service records and other research.
Jubilee 1887, silver, unnamed as issued; Volunteer Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (6637 Sjt: F. May, 1st. V.B. Devon: Regt) impressed naming; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (165 Sjt. F. May. 7-Devon. R.) edge bruising and pin marks, very fine and better (3) £300-£400
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Fleetwood May was born in Penzance, Cornwall in 1863. Educated at Plymouth Public School and Trinity College, Cambridge he was appointed Headmaster at Cheriton Fitzpaine Board School, Devon. The circumstances surrounding the award of the Golden Jubilee Medal 1887 have not been uncovered. Appointed Headmaster at Topsham Boys’ School in 1893, he was awarded the Volunteer Long Service Medal in February 1906 and enlisted into the 7th (Cyclist) Battalion Devonshire Regiment on the formation of the Territorial Army in 1908. Discharged from the Territorial Force in October 1911 he re-enlisted in the 7th (Cyclists) Battalion on 14 October 1914 and was promoted Acting Quarter Master Sergeant. Attached to the Royal Army Medical Corps he was appointed Ward Master, Red Cross Hospital as Quarter Master Sergeant. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Territorial Force Reserve on 15 June 1915 he was promoted Lieutenant on being appointed to the Royal Defence Corps, 73rd Protection Company on 15 December 1915. He was employed during the Great War for two and a half years on propaganda work of a secret and confidential nature from 1916, and worked for Captain A. J. Dawson, Captain W. B. Wallis, and Major C. Street at M.I.7b(1) at Watergate House, Adelphi Court and Adastral House as part of the War Office.
May relinquished his commission on ceasing to be employed and retained the rank of Lieutenant, and was disembodied from 73rd Protection Company, Royal Defence Corps at Crystal Palace Dispersal Unit on 13 March 1919. Awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal in May 1921 he returned to his teaching appointment in Topsham. He died at Exeter on 1 December 1926, aged 62.
Sold with the original ribands as mounted, and copied service records and other research.
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