1896: Scouts from the Bulawayo Field Force encountered overwhelming numbers of enemy during the Matabele uprising. As the scouts withdrew, one of them was wounded and unhorsed. Trooper Baxter immediately dismounted and gave up his horse to the wounded man. Baxter then attempted to hang from the stirrups of another scout, but was himself wounded and fell away to be killed by the pursuing tribesmen. Baxter was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross.

1900: During the Boer War, British troops were forced to retire from positions around a farmhouse. As they withdrew, a corporal fell wounded. Corporal Beet of The Derbyshire Regiment returned to help him. Having dressed his injuries, Beet then proceeded to mount a successful lone defence of the farmhouse for the entire afternoon until darkness fell and a medical officer was able to reach him and help carry the casualty to safety. Beet was awarded the Victoria Cross.

1903: British troops pursuing "The Mad Mullah's" dervishes in Somaliland were rebuffed at Daratole. During an action by the rearguard, an officer was badly wounded. Captain Rolland ran back to the now distant main column to summon help, whilst four men under Captain Walker stood guard over the casualty, keeping the enemy at bay despite being surrounded. Rolland returned with Major Gough, and drove their way through to reach the small party. The wounded man was hoisted aboard a camel, but was then hit again and killed. Gough, Rolland and Walker all received the Victoria Cross for their efforts to save him.

1906: Commander Robert Peary discovered that the supposed Arctic Continent did not in fact exist

1917: Lieutenant Graham commanded a section of Vickers machine-guns in an extremely exposed position in Mesopotamia. In the course of the action, all his men were killed or wounded, Graham himself being hit twice. He nevertheless kept one gun in action, delivering effective fire on the enemy positions. The machine-gun was then hit and damaged, and Graham wounded a third time. However, he then used a lighter Lewis Gun until he ran out of ammunition and was wounded a fourth time, whereupon he was forced to withdraw. He received the Victoria Cross.

1918: Two platoons of The Rifle Brigade came under heavy fire from a machine-gun whilst advancing in France. Lance-Sergeant Woodall went forward alone and managed to capture the machine-gun and its eight crew. He then led ten men in an attack on a farm, where they took a further thirty prisoners. The officer leading the platoons was killed shortly afterwards, whereupon Woodall assumed command and skilfully led them the remainder of the day. He was awarded the Victoria Cross.

1941: Commonwealth troops began evacuating from Greece as attempts to halt the German advance failed.

At home, the Luftwaffe raid Plymouth and continue to do so for the next 8 nights. Decoy fires help to save the dockyards but at the expense of the city itself.

1942 - The US government decides to build the "Big Inch" oil pipeline from Texas to New York so that Allied tankers won't have to run the German submarine gauntlet along the East Coast of Amercia

Germans forces shoot 20 French hostages "for complicity" during the British Combined Operations raid on St. Nazaire

1951: The gallant action fought by the 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment and C Troop 170 (Mortar) Battery at the Imjin river in Korea began on 22 April and continued to 25 April.

Part of 29 Brigade Group, comprising British and Belgian troops, the Glosters and their attached mortar troop, numbering in total about 750 men, were holding the left flank of a defensive position overlooking the river, when the Chinese launched a massive assault on their positions, combining massed infantry attacks with well-executed infiltration tactics to surround them. All efforts by the Brigade and other UN forces to break through and relieve the Glosters failed. By 25 April, the surviving members of the unit, holding Hill 235 (now "Gloster Hill") were down to five rounds of ammunition a man, and Lieutenant Colonel Carne gave the order for those who could to attempt to break out. Few made it. The Medical Officer and Sergeant, plus the Chaplin, volunteered to stay behind and tend the wounded, rather than attempt to escape.

In the action, 29 Brigade Group suffered over 1,000 casualties; 629 from the Glosters. 59 were killed, and 532 taken prisoner. 27 subsequently died in captivity. Their stand allowed the UN troops to fall back, stabilise the line and prevent further Chinese advances. The exact number of Chinese troops concentrated against the Glosters will probably never be known, but involved at least one division of 10,000 men.

Lieutenant Colonel Carne was awarded the Victoria Cross. It was also posthumously awarded to Lieutenant Curtis, who died in a lone counter-attack on enemy machine-guns. Lieutenant Waters, who died in captivity, was awarded a posthumous George Cross for his resolute conduct after capture despite appalling mistreatment. A total of 96 medals and awards were won by members of the Battalion in Korea. The Battalion and C Troop were also awarded a United States Presidential Citation for their gallantry.