Robert Henry Cain
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Major Robert Henry Cain VC TD 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 Commonwe
Robert Henry Cain at his VC investiture (1944)
Two Airborne soldiers demonstrate a P.I.A.T. antitank weapon.
A German Sturmhaubitze 42 at Arnhem.
John Baskeyfield
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John Daniel Baskeyfield was a British Army soldier and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to members of the Britis
Robert Henry Cain
…Cain was also the first — and, to date, only — Manxman to be awarded the medal. Posthumous VCs were announced later, including one for Lance Sergeant John Baskeyfield of the 2nd South Staffordshire Battalion's anti-tank platoon. The 2nd Battalion thus became the only British battalion to receive two VCs in one…
John Baskeyfield memorial statue at Festival Heights in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Men of the 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment advance toward Arnhem, towing a 6 pounder anti–tank gun with them, 18 September.
A 6 pounder anti–tank gun of the Border Regiment engages enemy armour on the western perimeter of Oosterbeek, on the same day as Baskeyfield's action.
The memorial statue at Festival Heights in Stoke-on-Trent