Rear-Admiral Henry John May (c1853-1904)
Born the son of the Rev. Henry Thomas May, Rector of South Petherwyn.
1904 Died. 'In Rear-Admiral H. J. May the Navy has lost an officer of peculiar and unique attainment, and a theorist who will not easily be replaced. Admiral May was a gunnery officer, and saw some service as gunnery lieutenant at Alexandria. His last command afloat was the battleship Mars; but at the time of his death be was serving as captain of Greenwich Naval College......'[1]
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