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Name: MAY, James Rowe 'Jimmy'
Birth Date: 1903 Kingston, Surrey
Death Date: Durban
First Date: 1925
Profession: Kenya Police - 1938. Inspector, Kenya Police in 1939, appointed 1938. Originally Constable 1925
Area: Songhor, Nakuru 1939
Married: 1. Mary; 2. Ines Marjorie Hastings b. 1920
Book Reference: Habari 16, Staff 39, Ruiru, Murders, Dominion, Max Hutton
General Information:
Dominion - Assistant Inspector of Police - 1930
Habari 16 - Songhor - Jimmy May was in charge. He married while he was there ….. This marriage didn't last. Mary was remarried to a Royal Navy Commander. ………. Jimmy later remarried and had a small farm at Mitubiri in the Thika area. He fell down dead in the middle of Durban ……..
Gazette - 9/12/1925 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Police Constable - J.R. May
Balwant Rai - Prosecution witness at the trial of Balwant Rai and others - 1942 - Chief Inspector, Kenya Police
He was one of the first policeman to attend the car in which Lord Erroll lay murdered.
1948 - he was running the sports goods store in Government Road, Nairobi, which sold guns etc and arranged curing of big game skins. . He may also have run his own car business in Nairobi,