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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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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.

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.

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

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