ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM MAY.
Admiral Sir William May, who has hoisted liis flag on the battleship Dread- j nought on assuming command of tlie reconstituted Home, Fleet, will be the supreme officer over all the nien-o'-.war in the. Home waters, finder llis orders will be the largest naval force which lias ever existed. Sir William is just fifty-nine. He joined the Navy when he was thirteen, and when he was twentythree served in the Arctic Expedition of 1875. He is u Grand Officer of tlie Legion oi J7onov.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 98, 22 May 1909, Page 3
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88ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM MAY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 98, 22 May 1909, Page 3
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