Prince of Wales’ Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment, 1st Battalion, Service No. 17/1150
Son of Thomas May and Harriet Prince
Killed in action: 14th July 1918, aged 32
Story
Private George May was born in 1886 in Kippax and before the war had worked at Allerton Pit for over ten years. He enlisted for Army service in 1914 in Leeds and was killed in action at Ypres. His body was never found. George’s brothers David May and Prince May also enlisted. His mother Harriet received a payment of £16 10s from the Army following her son’s death.
Above: The remains of Ypres Cathedral at the end of the War
George’s name appears on Tyne-Cot Memorial to the Missing Zonnebeke West, Vlaanderen, Belgium on Panel 42-47 and 162 (below):
Kippax Roll of Honour 