On this day: 17 August

4 acts of valour and 8 Gazette announcements fall on 17 August.

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Actions on 17 August

  1. Robert Bellew Adams1897BT/ Lieutenant Colonel Staff, Corps and Corps of Guides, Indian Army · Tirah Campaign
  2. Viscount Alexander Edward Murray Fincastle1897Lieutenant, 16th Lancers. (The Queen's) · Tirah Campaign
  3. Hector Lachlan Stewart Maclean1897Lieutenant Staff, Corps and Corps of Guides. Indian Army · Tirah Campaign
  4. Michael James O'Rourke1917Private, 7th Battalion. British Columbia Regiment. Canadian Expeditionary Force · First World War

Gazetted on 17 August

  1. Thomas Leslie Axford1918Lance-Corporal, 16th Battalion Australian Imperial Force (Sth Aust & West Aust.) · First World War
  2. Walter Ernest Brown1918Corporal, 20th Battalion (N S W) Australian Imperial Force · First World War
  3. Henry Dalziel1918Driver, 15th Battalion, (Queensland and Territories) Australian Imperial Force · First World War
  4. Philip Davey1918Corporal, 10th Battalion (South Australia) Australian Imperial Force · First World War
  5. John Patrick Kenneally1943Lance-Corporal, Irish Guards · Second World War
  6. Stanley Elton Hollis1944Company Sergeant-Major, 6th Battalion, Green Howards ( Princess Alexandra of Wales' Own) · Second World War
  7. Hanson Victor Turner1944Sergeant, 1st Battalion. West Yorkshire Regiment · Second World War
  8. Ian Willoughby Bazalgette1945Squadron Leader, 635 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve · Second World War