| Sir Reginald May | |
|---|---|
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File:Reginaldmay.jpg Gen. Sir Reginald May | |
| Born | August 10, 1879 |
| Died | October 26, 1958 (aged 79) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Army |
| Years of service | 1898-1939 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held |
49th (West Riding) Division RMC Sandhurst |
| Battles/wars |
Second Boer War World War I |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order |
General Sir Reginald Seaburne May KCB KBE CMG DSO (10 August 1879 – 26 October 1958) was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.
Military career[]
Educated at Haileybury,[1] May was commissioned into the Royal Fusiliers in 1898.[2]
He served in the Second Boer War and then in World War I.[2] After the War he became Director of Movements and then, from 1923, Director of Recruiting and Organisation at the War Office.[2] He was made Brigadier in charge of Administration at Northern Command in 1927 and then Commander 49th (West Riding) Division in 1930.[2] He was appointed Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst in 1931 and Quartermaster-General to the Forces in 1935; he retired in 1939.[2]
In retirement he was Chairman of the Toc H Christian movement for 10 years.[1]
Family[]
In 1906 he married Marguerite Geraldine Ramsay Drake and together they went on to have three sons.[1] Then in 1932 he married Jane Monteith.[1]
References[]
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