On this day: 6 May

5 acts of valour and 2 Gazette announcements fall on 6 May.

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Actions on 6 May

1. Valentine Bambrick1858Private, 1st Battalion 60th Regiment. (King's Royal Rifle Corps) · Indian Mutiny
2. Michael Heaviside1917Private, 15th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry · First World War
3. George Julian Howell1917Corporal, 1st Battalion (New South Wales) Australian Imperial Force · First World War
4. William Gregg1918Sergeant, 13th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) · First World War
5. John Neil Randle1944Captain, 2nd Battalion. Royal Norfolk Regiment · Second World War

Gazetted on 6 May

1. Thomas Adair Butler1859Lieutenant (later Major), 1st Bengal European Fusiliers. (Royal Munster Fusiliers) · Indian Mutiny
2. Frederick Miller1859Lieutenant, Royal Artillery · Crimean War