William May (Royal Navy officer)

Sir William May
Sir William May
	"Navy Control". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1903.
Born	1849
Died	1930 (aged 80–81)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1863 – 1919
Rank	Admiral of the Fleet
Commands held	Atlantic Fleet; Plymouth Command
Battles/wars	World War I
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath; Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order

Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Henry May GCB GCVO (1849–1930) was a Royal Navy Officer who went on to be Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel.

Naval career[]

May was educated at Eastman's Royal Naval Academy.^[1] He joined the Royal Navy in 1863.^[2] He served on the Arctic expedition of 1875 to 1876 and was appointed a naval attaché in 1891.^[2]

He was appointed Rear Admiral and Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes in 1901 and then Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy later in the year.^[2] He went on to be Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet in 1905 and Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel in 1907.^[2] In 1909 he took command of the Home Fleet with HMS Africa as his flagship.^[2] Later in the year he became Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth.^[2] He served in World War I and in 1916 was appointed to the Dardanelles Commission.^[3] He retired in 1919.^[2]

References[]

↑ "May, Sir William Henry" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.) Oxford University Press Digital object identifier:10.1093/ref:odnb/34965 (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
↑ "From: 'Appendix 1', Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 10: Officials of Royal Commissions of Inquiry 1870-1939 (1995), pp. 85-8.". http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=16611.. Retrieved 12 August 2007.

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Military offices
Preceded by Sir Arthur Wilson	Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy 1901–1905	Succeeded by Sir Henry Jackson
Preceded by New Post	Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet 1905–1907	Succeeded by Sir Assheton Curzon-Howe
Preceded by Sir Charles Drury	Second Sea Lord 1907–1909	Succeeded by Sir Francis Bridgeman
Preceded by Sir Wilmot Fawkes	Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth 1911–1913	Succeeded by Sir George Egerton

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[1] "May, Sir William Henry" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.) Oxford University Press Digital object identifier:10.1093/ref:odnb/34965 (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[lh-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

[3] "From: 'Appendix 1', Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 10: Officials of Royal Commissions of Inquiry 1870-1939 (1995), pp. 85-8.". http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=16611.. Retrieved 12 August 2007.

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