On this day: 28 March

11 acts of valour and 2 Gazette announcements fall on 28 March.

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Actions on 28 March

  1. William Odgers1860Leading Seaman, Royal Navy · New Zealand Wars
  2. Redvers Henry Buller1879Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, 60th Rifles (becoming The King's Royal Rifle Corps) · Zulu War
  3. Edmond John Fowler1879Private, 2nd Battalion, The Cameronians. (Scottish Rifles) · Zulu War
  4. William Knox Leet1879Major, 1st Battalion. 13th Regiment · Indian Mutiny
  5. Henry Lysons1879Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion. The Cameronians · Zulu War
  6. Bernard Matthew Cassidy1918Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion The Lancashire Fusiliers · First World War
  7. Stanley Robert Mcdougall1918Sergeant, 47th Battalion. * Australian Imperial Force · First World War
  8. Oliver Watson1918Acting Lieutenant Colonel, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) · First World War
  9. Augustus Charles Newman1942Lieutenant Colonel, Essex Regiment (attached to No. 2 Commando) · Second World War
  10. Robert Edward Dudley Ryder1942Commander, Royal Navy · Second World War
  11. William Alfred Savage1942Able Seaman, Royal Navy · Second World War

Gazetted on 28 March

  1. The Lord Edric Frederick Gifford1874Lieutenant (later Major), 2nd Battn. 24th Regiment.(later South Wales Borderers) · First Ashanti Expedition
  2. Samuel Mcgaw1874Lance-Sergeant, 42nd Regiment · First Ashanti Expedition