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| 1925 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer |  |
| 3rd May London Advocates "no surrender" to the strikers |
| 3rd May London Organizes the printing of a government newspaper, the "British Gazette" |
| 19th May London Praised by the Daily Mail for his handling of the General Strike |
| 1926 | Baldwin, Stanley | |
| Special constables & volunteers run essential services & troops maintain food supplies |
| The Samuel Report rejects nationalization of the mines & recommends a cut in wages |
| The Samuel Report sparks off the General Strike |
| May Declares a state of emergency during the general strike |
| 3rd May The TUC calls a general strike in support of the Miners |
| 4th May 1st day of the General Strike |
| 4th May 4 million trades unionists are ordered at the General Council of the TUC to cease work |
| 12th May The last day of the General Strike, the miners stay out |
| 12th May The TUC unconditionally call off the general strike |
| 20th May The Miners Conference decides to continue with the strike |
| 1926 | Bevin, Ernest | |
| 3rd May Railwaymen, printers, builders, drivers, dockers, iron & steel workers join miners |
| 12th May The sympathy strike is called off but the miners continue their industrial action |
| 1926 | MacMillan, Maurice Harold | |
| London Helps pack copies of The Times during the General Strike |
