Robert Henry Cain Quotes

Manx recipient of the Victoria Cross (1909-1974)

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Major Robert Henry Cain VC TD (2 January 1909 – 2 May 1974) was a British Army officer who was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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We passed Taffy Williams, a grand little Welshman and one of my originals. Only his head and face were untouched. The rest of him was unrecognisable.

For the first time since childhood tears sprang in my eyes. I turned away, swallowing hard, and with rage in my heart.

I cannot describe the surge of dreadful, unholy joy which I felt.

It would have been a sheer waste of life to stay there. I felt extremely dejected. I knew our particular effort to get through to the bridge had been a failure.