Awarded the VC for his heroism on 28-29 April 1917, age 20, while serving in the Honourable Artillery Company. "His superb courage, quick decision and sound judgement were beyond praise. A splendid personal example, which inspired others to continue during more than 30 hours of continuous battle. (Gavrelle, France)". Freemason at: №569, Fitzroy Lodge.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Reginald Leonard Haine, VC
Commemorated ati
Freemason VCs - W4 - Grimshaw, Haine, Hallowes
John Elisha Grimshaw, 25 April 1915, Age 22, The Lancashire Fusiliers, Llanga...
Other Subjects
A. W. Holland
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Col. Nicholas Boscawen
From Cornwall. A colonel in Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentary army. Buried in Westminster Abbey. When Charles II was restored to the throne he ordered the disinterment of the bodies of Oliver Cromwel...
William Duke of Cumberland
Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland. He was the third son and the sixth of the eight children of King George II and Queen Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach and was born on 15 April 1721 in Le...
C. Tapp
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
B. J Camp
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.