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[[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] '''Arthur de Kewer Livius May''', C.B.E., Royal Navy (28 May, 1875 – 12 June, 1943) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
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[[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] '''Arthur de Kewer Livius May''', C.B.E., R.N. (28 May, 1875 – 12 June, 1943) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
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==Career==
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May was promoted to {{LieutRN}} on 14 January, 1897.<ref>May Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/120.|}} f. 121.</ref>
  
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May was awarded the C.B.E. (Military Division) for his service as Deputy Director of Operations Division.
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May was promoted to {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1907.<ref>May Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/120.|}} f. 121.</ref>
  
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May died at Langaller, Catisfield, Fareham on 12 June, 1943, aged sixty-eight.
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May served as Assistant to the Chief of Staff at the Admiralty from 5 August, 1914 to January 1918, being promoted to {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1914.  On 18 January, 1918 he was appointed [[Operations Division (Royal Navy)#Directors of Operations Division|Deputy Director of Operation Division]], being placed in charge of the Mining Section.<ref>May Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/120.|}} f. 121.</ref>
  
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On 27 June, 1919, May was appointed a Commander of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) for "valuable services as Deputy Director, Operations Division."{{GazSup|31421|8066|27 June, 1919}} He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 15 September 1919, having been superseded in his D.D.O.D. appointment on that date.<ref>May Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/120.|}} f. 121.</ref>
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May died at Langaller, Catisfield, Fareham on 12 June, 1943, aged sixty-eight.
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Latest revision as of 11:42, 7 April 2022

Captain Arthur de Kewer Livius May, C.B.E., R.N. (28 May, 1875 – 12 June, 1943) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Career

May was promoted to Lieutenant on 14 January, 1897.[1]

May was promoted to Commander on 30 June, 1907.[2]

May served as Assistant to the Chief of Staff at the Admiralty from 5 August, 1914 to January 1918, being promoted to Captain on 31 December, 1914. On 18 January, 1918 he was appointed Deputy Director of Operation Division, being placed in charge of the Mining Section.[3]

On 27 June, 1919, May was appointed a Commander of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) for "valuable services as Deputy Director, Operations Division."[4] He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 15 September 1919, having been superseded in his D.D.O.D. appointment on that date.[5]

May died at Langaller, Catisfield, Fareham on 12 June, 1943, aged sixty-eight.

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Philip Walter 		Captain of H.M.S. Apollo
4 Aug, 1909[6][7] – 9 Aug, 1911[8] 		Succeeded by
Oscar M. Makins
Preceded by
Henry W. Grant 		Deputy Director of Operations Division
18 Jan, 1918[9] – 15 May, 1919[10] 		Succeeded by
?
 

Footnotes

  1. ↑ May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/120. f. 121.
  2. ↑ May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/120. f. 121.
  3. ↑ May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/120. f. 121.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31421. p. 8066. 27 June, 1919.
  5. ↑ May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/120. f. 121.
  6. ↑ May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/120. f. 121.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 278.
  8. ↑ May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/120. f. 121.
  9. ↑ May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/120. f. 121.
  10. ↑ May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/120. f. 121.

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