On this day: 24 August

7 acts of valour and 3 Gazette announcements fall on 24 August.

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Actions on 24 August

  1. Ernest Wright Alexander1914Major (later Maj. General), 119th Battery Royal Field Artillery · First World War
  2. Francis Octavus Grenfell1914Captain, 9th Lancers (Queen's Royal) · First World War
  3. William Anderson Bloomfield1916Captain, Scout Corps, 2nd South African Mounted Brigade · First World War
  4. Filip Konowal1917Corporal, 47th Battalion. British Columbia Regiment. Canadian Expeditionary Force · First World War
  5. Samuel Forsyth1918Sergeant, News Zealand Engineers attchd to 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment. NZEF · First World War
  6. David Lowe Macintyre1918Lieutenant, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. (attached to 1/6th Battalion Highland Light Infantry.) · First World War
  7. Daniel Alan Keighran2010Corporal, D Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR), Mentoring Task Force 1 · War in Afghanistan (2001–2014)

Gazetted on 24 August

  1. Lanoe George Hawker1915Captain, No. 6 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps · First World War
  2. William Keneally1915Private (later Sergeant), 1st Battalion The Lancashire Fusiliers · First World War
  3. Alfred Joseph Richards1915Sergeant, 1st Battalion. Lancashire Fusiliers · First World War