On this day: 21 May

3 acts of valour and 7 Gazette announcements fall on 21 May.

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Actions on 21 May

  1. Richard Jones1916Temp. Lieutenant, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment · First World War
  2. George Gristock1940Company Sergeant-Major, Royal Norfolk Regiment · Second World War
  3. Harry Nicholls1940Lance-Corporal, 3rd Battalion. Grenadier Guards · Second World War

Gazetted on 21 May

  1. Thomas Edwards1884Private, 1st Battalion. Royal Highlanders (The Black Watch) · Sudan Campaign
  2. Percival Scrope Marling1884Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion. King's Royal Rifle Corps, attached to the Mounted Infantry · Sudan Campaign
  3. William Thomas Marshall1884Quartermaster Sergeant, 19th Hussars · Sudan Campaign
  4. Edward Courtney Boyle1915Lieutenant Commander, Royal Navy · First World War
  5. Stephen Halden Beattie1942Lieutenant Commander, Royal Navy · Second World War
  6. Robert Edward Dudley Ryder1942Commander, Royal Navy · Second World War
  7. William Alfred Savage1942Able Seaman, Royal Navy · Second World War