On this day: 2 August

2 acts of valour and 9 Gazette announcements fall on 2 August.

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Actions on 2 August

  1. William Sutton1857Bugler, 1st Battalion. 60th Rifles · Indian Mutiny
  2. William House1900Private, 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) · Second Boer War

Gazetted on 2 August

  1. John Carroll1917Private, 33rd Battalion (New South Wales) Australian Imperial Force · First World War
  2. James Manson Craig1917Second Lieutenant, 1st/4th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers attached to 1st/5th Battalion
  3. John Spencer Dunville1917Second Lieutenant, 1st Royal Dragoons · First World War
  4. Samuel Frickleton1917Lance-Corporal, 3rd Battalion 3rd New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade · First World War
  5. Robert Cuthbert Grieve1917Captain, 37th Battalion (Victoria), Australian Imperial Force · First World War
  6. Thomas Harold Broadbent Maufe1917Second Lieutenant, 124th Siege Battery. Royal Garrison Artillery · First World War
  7. John George Pattison1917Private, 50th Battalion. Canadian Infantry · First World War
  8. William Ratcliffe1917Private, 2nd Battalion. South Lancashire Regiment · First World War
  9. Frederick Youens1917Second Lieutenant, 13th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry · First World War