Lt-Col Eric Wilson, 93, protected a vital strategic post at Observation Hill, Somaliland, Aug 1940.
Sir Tasker Watkins, 89, led platoon against heavily defended positions in last days of the Battle of Normandy, Aug 1944.
Flt Lt John Cruickshank, 86, pressed attack of his Catalina flying boat to sink German sub despite suffering 72 wounds from anti-aircraft fire, Sep 1944.
Hon Lt Tulbahadur Pun, 83, Gurkha, led survivors of his section to attack machinegun position, pressing it alone to allow rest of platoon to capture rail bridge Mogaung, Burma, June 1944.
Lt Cdr Ian Fraser, 85, took midget submarine under Japanese cruiser in Straits of Singapore, eventually sinking the vessel, July, 1945.
Hon Havildar Bhanbhagta Gurung, 85, Gurkha, killed a sniper and cleared four enemy foxholes and a machinegun post, then repelled a counterattack, Tamandu, Burma, March 1945.
Hon Havildar Lachhiman Gurung, 88, Gurkha, repelled 200 Japanese soldiers despite losing three fingers trying to throw back enemy grenades, resisted for four hours, Taungdaur, Burma, May 1945.
Pte Ted Kenna, 86, Australian, stood up in full view of a Japanese bunker 50 yards away, fired his Bren gun killing two Japanese machinegun crews allowing his company to attack, Wewak, New Guinea, May 1945.
Sgt William Speakman-Pitts, 78, led a charge against enemy after his company suffered high casualties, using stones to attack when he ran out of bullets, allowing his comrades to escape, United Hill, Korea, May 1951.
Capt Rambahadur Limbu, 66, Gurkha, stormed a machinegun post from 10 yards and saved two comrades, returning twice to drag them to safety, Sarawak, Borneo, Nov 1965.
W/O Keith Payne, 72, Australian, led a group of South Vietnamese troops to resist a superior enemy force, rescuing 40 men despite severe shrapnel wounds, Ben Het, South Vietnam, May 1969.
Pte Johnson Beharry, 26, on two occasions saved lives of comrades while under fire, al-Amarah, Iraq, May 2004.
