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Alan Edward May

In memory of:

Flying Officer Alan Edward May

July 6, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

J/22859

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

424 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Son of Edward O. and Mabel May, of Sprague, Manitoba.

Commemorated on Page 381 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ST. POL WAR CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

Coll grave Row C. Grave 9-12.

Location:

St.Pol-sur-Ternoise is a small town 34 kilometres west-north-west of Arras on the N.39 road to Hesden and Montreuil. The ST.POL WAR CEMETERY is situated on high ground north of St.Pol some 275 metres north of the old communal cemetery. It is reached by a steep road on the northern side of the N.39 road from St.Pol to Arras.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flying Officer Alan Edward May is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Alan Edward May is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of Alan Edward May– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Alan Edward May

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