Background
MAY, William Allan was born on September 18, 1850 in Devonport, Devon. Son of late Joseph May, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, England.
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William Allan MAY
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Studied at Tavistock Grammar School, Devon. Guy’s Hospital Medical School.
Career
Entered army as Surgeon, 1874. Surgeon-Major, 1886; Lieutenant-Colonel, 1894. Colonel, 1903; served West Indies, Central America, East Indies, and South Africa.
Principal medical officer of the 8th Div. Field Force, South Africa, in the Boer War, 1900-1902 (local rank of Colonel, despatches, Companion of the Bath, Queen’s medal with three clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen, Transvaal, King’s medal with two clasps). Retired, 1907. Army Medical Service; Administrative Medical Officer, Tidworth District, 1905-1907.
Membership
Club: Army and Navy.
Connections
Spouse 1876, Cecilia Ad&le Aloisa von Oehlhaffen.
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British
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Principal medical officer of the 8th Div. Field Force, South Africa, in the Boer War, 1900-2 (local rank of Colonel, despatches, C.B., Queen’s medal with three clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen, Transvaal, King’s medal with two clasps).Principal medical officer of the 8th Div. Field Force, South Africa, in the Boer War, 1900-2 (local rank of Colonel, despatches, C.B., Queen’s medal with three clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen, Transvaal, King’s medal with two clasps).