Name: Robert Henry Cain VC TD
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Date of birth: 2 January 1909
Place of birth: Isle of Man
Nationality: British
Date of death: 2 May 1974
Place of death: Crowborough, Sussex
Service No: 129484
Unit(s): Honourable Artillery Company, Royal Northumberland
Fusililers, 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
Rank: Major
Burial: Braddan Cemetery on the Isle of Man.
Memorials: Robert Cain VC Memorial Chapel, St Bridget’s Hospice,
Kensington Rd, Douglas, Isle of Man; bursary at King William’s
College, Isle of Man; plaque in Bedford School Memorial Hall; plaque
in Garrison Church, Whittington Barracks, Licheld, Staffordshire;
memorial plaque Somerset Light Infantry Museum, Taunton,
Somerset.