On this day: 20 May

3 acts of valour and 6 Gazette announcements fall on 20 May.

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Actions on 20 May

1. John Frederick Mackay1900Lance-Corporal, 1st Battalion. Gordon Highlanders · Second Boer War
2. Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith1915Lieutenant Commander, Royal Navy · First World War
3. Albert Jacka1915Lance-Corporal, 14th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. (Victoria) · First World War

Gazetted on 20 May

1. James Morris Colquhoun Colvin1898Lieutenant, Corps of Royal Engineers · Mohmand Campaign
2. George Findlater1898Piper, 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders · Tirah Campaign
3. Edward Lawson1898Private, 1st Battalion. The Gordon Highlanders · Tirah Campaign
4. Henry Singleton Pennell1898Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion. Derbyshire Regiment · Tirah Campaign
5. Samuel Vickery1898Private, 1st Battalion. Dorsetshire Regiment · Tirah Campaign
6. George Albert Cairns1949Lieutenant, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) attchd. The South Staffordshire Regiment · Second World War