On this day: 26 October

10 acts of valour and 25 Gazette announcements fall on 26 October.

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Actions on 26 October

  1. John Augustus Conolly1854Lieutenant, 49th Regiment (Royal Berkshire Regiment - - Princess Charlotte of Wales') · Crimean War
  2. William Nathan Wrighte Hewett1854Lieutenant (later Vice-Admiral), Royal Navy (Naval Brigade) · Crimean War
  3. Ambrose Madden1854Sergeant, 41st Regiment · Crimean War
  4. James Mouat1854Surgeon, 6th Dragoons · Crimean War
  5. William Stanlack1854Private, Coldstream Guards · Crimean War
  6. Charles Wooden1854Sergeant-Major (later Lieutenant and Quartermaster), 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own.) · Crimean War
  7. Thomas William Holmes1917Private, 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles, 2nd Central Ontario Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force · First World War
  8. Christopher Patrick John O'Kelly1917Captain, 52nd Battalion. Manitoba Regiment. Canadian Expeditionary Force · First World War
  9. Robert Shankland1917Lieutenant, 43rd Battalion. Manitoba Regiment. Canadian Expeditionary Force · First World War
  10. Percival Eric Gratwick1942Private, 2nd/4th Battalion (South Australia). Australian Military Forces · Second World War

Gazetted on 26 October

  1. Patrick Carlin1858Private, 1st Battalion 13th Regiment (Somerset Light Infantry - ( Prince Albert's) · Indian Mutiny
  2. Patrick Green1858Private, 75th Regiment (Gordon Highlanders) · Indian Mutiny
  3. Same Shaw1858Private, 3rd Battalion. Rifle Brigade · Indian Mutiny
  4. Charles Wooden1858Sergeant-Major (later Lieutenant and Quartermaster), 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own.) · Crimean War
  5. Reginald William Sartorius1874Major, 6th Bengal Cavalry. Indian Army · First Ashanti Expedition
  6. William Ewart Boulter1916Sergeant, 6th Battalion The Northamptonshire Regiment · First World War
  7. John Vaughan Campbell1916Lieutenant-Colonel, Comd. 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards · First World War
  8. Noel Godfrey Chavasse1916Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps attchd 1/10th Battalion The King's (Liverpool) Regiment · First World War
  9. Leo Clarke1916Corporal, 2nd Battalion. Eastern Ontario Regiment. C E F · First World War
  10. William La Touche Congreve1916Brevet Major, The Rifle Brigade. (Prince Consort's Own) · First World War
  11. Gabriel George Coury1916Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment * attached to the 1st/4th Battalion · First World War
  12. Albert Gill1916Sergeant, 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps · First World War
  13. John Vincent Holland1916Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment attached to 7th Battalion · First World War
  14. Thomas Hughes1916Private, 6th Battalion, Connaught Rangers · First World War
  15. Thomas Alfred Jones1916Private, 1st Battalion. The Cheshire Regiment · First World War
  16. John Chipman Kerr1916Private, 49th Battalion. Alberta Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force · First World War
  17. Frederick Mcness1916Lance-Sergeant, 1st Battalion. Scots Guards · First World War
  18. Thomas Dinesen1918Private (later Lieutenant), 42nd, Quebec Regiment (Royal Highlanders of Canada) · First World War
  19. David Lowe Macintyre1918Lieutenant, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. (attached to 1/6th Battalion Highland Light Infantry.) · First World War
  20. Harry Garnet Bedford Miner1918Corporal, 58th Battalion. 2nd Central Ontario Regiment. Canadian Expeditionary Force · First World War
  21. Robert Spall1918Sergeant, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. * Canadian Expeditionary Force · First World War
  22. Michael Allmand1944Act/ Captain, Indian Armoured Corps and 6th Gurkha Rifles Indian Army · Second World War
  23. David Auldgo Jamieson1944Captain (later Major), The Royal Norfolk Regiment · Second World War
  24. Gerard Ross Norton1944Lieutenant, Kaffrarian Rifles. South African Forces · Second World War
  25. Norman Cyril Jackson1945Sergeant (later Warrant Officer), 106 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve · Second World War