On this day: 2 May

1 act of valour and 8 Gazette announcements fall on 2 May.

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Actions on 2 May

  1. John Lynn1915Private, 2nd Battalion. Lancashire Regiment · First World War

Gazetted on 2 May

  1. Teignmouth Melvill1878Lieutenant, 1st Battalion 24th Regiment · Zulu War
  2. William Barnsley Allen1879Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps attached to 246th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery · First World War
  3. Gonville Bromhead1879Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion 24th Regiment (later South Wales Borderers) · Zulu War
  4. Nevill Josiah Aylmer Coghill1879Lieutenant, 1st Battalion 24th Regiment (South Wales Borderers) · 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. John Rouse Merriott Chard1945Lieutenant, Corps of Royal Engineers VC London Gazetted on 2nd May 1879 · Zulu War