VC Actions
The Victoria Cross was awarded twice, both posthumously, for actions during Operation Blackcock. The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest award for valour that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces of any rank in any service and civilians under military command. It is only awarded for bravery "in the face of the enemy". Fusilier Dennis Donnini of the 4/5 Royal Scots Fusiliers, 52nd Lowland Division, received the VC after his heroic actions in the Dutch village of Stein on January 18. Dennis Donnini is buried at the Sittard War Cemetery (Netherlands). The second VC was awarded to Lance Corporal Henry Eric Harden of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), a medical orderly attached to British No. 45 Commando, for his heroic action during the bitter fighting at the Dutch villages of Brachterbeek and Linne on January 23. Henry Eric Harden is buried at Nederweert War Cemetery (Netherlands).
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