John May

In memoriam

He was born at Combe Land, Brompton Regis, on the 9th of September 1896, and was the illegitimate son of Kate May (1874-1955), who was the daughter of farm-worker George May and Bessie May nee Holloway. In 1901, when John was aged just 3 years, his Mother left Brompton Regis in order to take-up employment as a Domestic Servant for the Ridler family in London. She left John in the care of 74-year-old Elizabeth Tout, a widow woman who resided at Renford Cottage, Brompton Regis, and whom she paid for John's upkeep. The 1911 census showed that John had then gone to live with his widowed Aunt; Fanny Kelly nee May, who was the Landlady of the New Inn at Brompton Regis. He served as Gunner 141778 in "B" Battery, 116th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, and was killed in action at Salonika, on the Macedonian front, Greece, on the 22nd of December 1916 whilst fighting the Bulgarian Forces. He was buried at the Doiran Military Cemetery, Doirani, Regional unit of Kilkis, Central Macedonia, Greece. Plot VI. C. 28. ​SOURCE: https://wsaw.weebly.com/brompton-regis.html

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