1854: In a skirmish at Inkerman in the Crimea - sometimes known as Little Inkerman to distinguish it from the major battle fought there on 5 November - Major Goodlake of the Coldstream Guards won the Victoria Cross for his bravery whilst successfully holding off superior Russian numbers with a small force of sharpshooters.

1857: During the Indian Mutiny, James Miller of the Bengal Ordnance Depot braved heavy fire to rescue a wounded British officer at Futtehpore. He himself suffered a wound, but his gallantry earned him the Victoria Cross.

1914: A Royal Navy destroyer flotilla sank four German torpedo boats off the Texel.

1918: Private Wood, 10th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, manned a Lewis light machine-gun during an attack at Casa Vana on Austro-German positions in northern Italy. When the advance was held up by an enemy machine-gun post, Wood managed to work his way forward alone to a position where he outflanked the enemy trench, and forced the surrender of 140 men. He then came under fire from another machine-gun position, which he charged, firing his Lewis Gun from the hip. He killed the machine-gun crew and, again on his own initiative, moved forward to outflank yet another trench and force the surrender of a further 160 men. He received the Victoria Cross.

1940: Daylight Luftwaffe attacks concentrated on London and a coastal convoy. Night attacks remained relatively limited, with Birmingham and London again the main targets.