For Posterity's Sake         

A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project

 

They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Clarence Lemuel May

 

Able Seaman A1390, RCNR

 

Born: 25 Sep 1919, Belleorm, Fortune Bay, Newfoundland

 

Died: 19 Oct 1940 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

MAY, Clarence Lemuel, AB, A1390, RCNR, MPK - 19 Oct 1940, HMCS BRAS D'OR - Son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac May, of North Sydney, NS.

 

AB May joined the Canadian Navy on 1939 and was a seaman on Lady Hawkins before his enlistment.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS BRAS D'OR - Drafted to Bras D'Or 16 Apr 1940 as an AB, RCNR

 

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(1) Portrait of AB May  (2-3) Record of Service  (4) Report of Death

 


 

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