On this day: 23 February

6 acts of valour and 3 Gazette announcements fall on 23 February.

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Actions on 23 February

1. James John Macleod Innes1858Lieutenant, Bengal Engineers · Indian Mutiny
2. Albert Edward Curtis1900Private, 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment · Second Boer War
3. George Wheeler1917Major, 9th Gurkha Rifles · First World War
4. Aubrey Cosens1945Sergeant, Queen's Own Rifles of Canada. Canadian Infantry Corps · Second World War
5. Edwin Swales1945Captain, South African Air Force Secunded to 582 Squadron, Royal Air Force · Second World War
6. Peter John Badcoe1967Major, Australian Training Team Vietnam · Vietnam War

Gazetted on 23 February

1. Anthony Clarke Booth1880Colour Sergeant, 80th Regiment (The South Staffordshire Regiment) · Zulu War
2. Francis Fitzpatrick1880Private, 94th Regiment (Connaught Rangers) · Basuto War
3. Thomas Flawn1880Private, 94th Regiment. (Connaught Rangers) · Basuto War