On this day: 20 October

8 acts of valour and 1 Gazette announcement fall on 20 October.

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Actions on 20 October

  1. William Mcwheeney1854Sergeant, 44th Regiment · Crimean War
  2. George Findlater1897Piper, 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders · Tirah Campaign
  3. Edward Lawson1897Private, 1st Battalion. The Gordon Highlanders · Tirah Campaign
  4. Henry Singleton Pennell1897Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion. Derbyshire Regiment · Tirah Campaign
  5. Samuel Vickery1897Private, 1st Battalion. Dorsetshire Regiment · Tirah Campaign
  6. Alexis Charles Doxat1900Lieutenant (later Major), 3rd Battalion. Imperial Yeomanry · Second Boer War
  7. John Brunton Daykins1918Sergeant, 2nd/4th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment · First World War
  8. Alfred Wilkinson1918Private, Manchester Regiment · First World War

Gazetted on 20 October

  1. Patrick Anthony Porteous1942Temporary Captain (later Colonel), The Royal Regiment of Artillery · Second World War