On this day: 23 January

12 acts of valour and 1 Gazette announcement fall on 23 January.

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Actions on 23 January

  1. William Allen1879Corporal, 24th Regiment of Foot · Zulu War
  2. Gonville Bromhead1879Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion 24th Regiment (later South Wales Borderers) · Zulu War
  3. John Rouse Merriott Chard1879Lieutenant, Corps of Royal Engineers VC London Gazetted on 2nd May 1879 · Zulu War
  4. James Langley Dalton1879Acting Assistant, Commissary. Commissariat and Transport Department · Zulu War
  5. Frederick Hitch1879Private, 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment. (Later South Wales Borderers) · Zulu War
  6. Alfred Henry Hook1879Private, 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment. (Later South Wales Borderers) · Zulu War
  7. Robert Jones1879Private, 2nd Battalion 24th Regiment (later South Wales Borderers · Zulu War
  8. William Jones1879Private, 2nd Battalion 24th Regiment (later South wales Borderers) VC London Gazetted on 2nd May 1879 · Zulu War
  9. James Henry Reynolds1879Surgeon Major, Army Medical Department · Zulu War
  10. Christian Schiess1879Corporal, Natal Native Contingent · Zulu War
  11. John Williams1879Private, 24th Regiment of Foot · Zulu War
  12. Henry Eric Harden1945Lance-Corporal, Royal Army Medical Corps and attached to 45 Royal Marine Commando · Second World War

Gazetted on 23 January

  1. Benjamin Roberts-Smith2011Corporal, 2 Squadron, Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) · War in Afghanistan (Operation Slipper, Shah Wali Kot Offensive)