On this day: 16 May
4 acts of valour and 4 Gazette announcements fall on 16 May.
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Actions on 16 May
- Frederick William Bell1901Lieutenant, West Australian Mounted Infantry · Second Boer War
- Frederick Barter1915Company Sergeant-Major, Special Reserves attchd. The Royal Welch Fusiliers · First World War
- Guy Penrose Gibson1943Wing Commander, 617 Squadron Royal Air Force · Second World War
- Francis Arthur Jefferson1944Fusilier Second, Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers · Second World War
Gazetted on 16 May
- James Collis1881Gunner, Royal Horse Artillery · Second Afghan War
- Joseph John Farmer1881Provisional Lance-Corporal, Army Hospital Corps (Royal Army Medical Corps) · First Boer War
- Patrick Mullane1881Sergeant, Royal Horse Artillery · Second Afghan War
- Euston Henry Sartorius1881Captain, 59th Regiment · Second Afghan War
