Reginald May

Sir Reginald May
Gen. Sir Reginald May
Born	10 August 1879
Died	26 October 1958
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1898-1939
Rank	General
Commands held	49th (West Riding) Division RMC Sandhurst
Battles/wars	Second Boer War World War I
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order

General Sir Reginald Seaburne May KCB KBE CMG DSO (10 August 1879 – 26 October 1958) was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.

Military career

Educated at Haileybury,^[1] May was commissioned into the Royal Fusiliers in 1898.^[2]

He served in the Second Boer War and then in World War I.^[2] After the War he became Director of Movements and then, from 1923, Director of Recruiting and Organisation at the War Office.^[2] He was made Brigadier in charge of Administration at Northern Command in 1927 and then Commander 49th (West Riding) Division in 1930.^[2] He was appointed Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst in 1931 and Quartermaster-General to the Forces in 1935; he retired in 1939.^[2]

In retirement he was Chairman of the Toc H Christian movement for 10 years.^[1]

Family

In 1906 he married Marguerite Geraldine Ramsay Drake and together they went on to have three sons.^[1] Then in 1932 he married Jane Monteith.^[1]

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