William May (admiral)

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Admiral Sir William Henry May was a Royal Navy Officer and Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty

He was commander of the 3rd and 4th divisions of the Home Fleet. In August 1911 he took command of flagship HMS Africa

He was Second Sea Lord until 1911.

In 1916 he was appointed to the Dardanelles Commission^[1].

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