On this day: 1 October

5 acts of valour and 4 Gazette announcements fall on 1 October.

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Actions on 1 October

  1. Roland Boys Bradford1916Lieutenant-Colonel, 9th Battalion the Durham Light Infantry · First World War
  2. Philip Bent1917Temp. Lieutenant Colonel, Leicestershire Regiment · First World War
  3. Robert Vaughan Gorle1918Lieutenant, 'A' Battery, 50th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery · First World War
  4. William Merrifield1918Sergeant, 1st Battalion. Central Ontario Regiment Canadian Expeditionary Force · First World War
  5. Frederick Charles Riggs1918Sergeant, 6th Battalion. York and Lancaster Regiment · First World War

Gazetted on 1 October

  1. Robert George Scott1880Sergeant, Cape Mounted Rifles. South African Forces · Basuto War
  2. Percy Howard Hansen1915Captain, 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment · First World War
  3. Frederick William Owen Potts1915Private, 1st/1st. Berkshire Yeomanry. (Territorials) · First World War
  4. John Hannah1940Sergeant, 83 Squadron. Royal Air Force · Second World War