On this day: 18 May

3 acts of valour and 3 Gazette announcements fall on 18 May.

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Actions on 18 May

1. Gustavus Hamilton Blenkinsopp Coulson1901Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers · Second Boer War
2. John George Smyth1915Lieutenant, 15th Ludhiana Sikhs. Indian Army · First World War
3. Alfred Edward Sephton1941Petty Officer, Royal Navy · Second World War

Gazetted on 18 May

1. Frederick Thornton Peters1943Captain, Royal Navy · Second World War
2. Henry Robert Bowreman Foote1944Lieutenant Colonel, Commanding 7th Royal Tank Regiment · Second World War
3. Charles Ferguson Hoey1944Major, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment · Second World War