World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocos_Islands" id="mw0w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cocos Islands">Cocos Islands</a> rebel in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocos_Islands_Mutiny" id="mw1A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cocos Islands Mutiny">Cocos Islands Mutiny</a>. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" id="mw1Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Commonwealth of Nations">British Commonwealth</a> soldiers to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War.