On this day: 5 August

1 act of valour and 9 Gazette announcements fall on 5 August.

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Actions on 5 August

  1. Frederick Corbett1882Private, 3rd Battalion. The King's Royal Rifle Corps · Occupation of Egypt

Gazetted on 5 August

  1. Arthur Hugh Henry Batten-Pooll1916Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers · First World War
  2. George William Chafer1916Private, 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment · First World War
  3. John Erskine1916Sergeant, 5th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) · First World War
  4. John Leslie Green1916Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps, attached 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters. (Notts and Derby Regiment) · First World War
  5. William Hackett1916Sapper, 254th Tunneling Company. Corps of Royal Engineers · First World War
  6. Arthur Herbert Procter1916Private, later The Reverend) 1/5th Battalion The King's (Liverpool) Regiment · First World War
  7. Lionel Wilmot Brabazon Rees1916Captain, Royal Artillery and Royal Flying Corps · First World War
  8. George Stringer1916Private, 1st Battalion. Manchester Regiment · First World War
  9. James Allen Ward1941Sergeant, Royal New Zealand Air Force · Second World War