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{{short description|Recipient of the Victoria Cross}}
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{{Infobox military person
|name=Reginald Leonard Haine
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|post-noms=VC MC}}
|birth_date=10 July 1896
|death_date=12 June 1982
|birth_place= [[Wandsworth]], [[London]]
|death_place= [[Lambeth]], London
|placeofburial=
|image= Victoria Cross Medal without Bar.png
|caption=
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|allegiance={{UK}}
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|rank=[[Lieutenant Colonel]]
|branch=[[File:Flag of the British Army.svg|23px]] [[British Army]]<br>[[British Indian Army]]
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|unit=[[Honourable Artillery Company]]
|battles= [[World War I]]
|awards= [[Victoria Cross]]<br>[[Military Cross]]
|laterwork=[[Chartered accountant]]
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[[Lieutenant Colonel]] '''Reginald Leonard Haine''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR-cats|VC|MC}} (10 July 1896 – 12 June 1982) was an [[England|English]] recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.

==First World War service==
Haine was 20 years old, and a [[second lieutenant]] in the 1st Battalion, [[Honourable Artillery Company]], [[British Army]] during the [[World War I|First World War]] when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 28/29 April 1917 near [[Gavrelle]], France,<ref name="Archives">{{cite web | url=http://beta.discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7231939 | title=Victoria Cross details of Haine, Reginald Leonard Rank: 2nd... | publisher=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)]] | work=WO 98/8/350 | accessdate=4 November 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104015719/http://beta.discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7231939 | archivedate=4 November 2014 }}</ref> when British troops were holding a [[salient (territory)|salient]] which was being repeatedly counter-attacked by German forces, Second Lieutenant Haine organised and led six bombing attacks against a German strong point and captured the position, together with 50 prisoners and two machine-guns. The enemy at once counter-attacked and regained the lost ground, but Second Lieutenant Haine formed a "block" in his trench and for the whole of the following night maintained his position. Next morning he again attacked and recaptured the position. His splendid example inspired his men during more than 30 hours of continuous fighting.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30122|supp=y|page=5703|date=8 April 1917}}</ref>

He can be heard recounting some of his First World War experiences in [[Peter Jackson]]'s film ''[[They Shall Not Grow Old]]''.<ref>[https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/community/7903/?page=4 Voices included in They shall not Grow Old] [[Imperial War Museum]]</ref>

Haine was later attached to the 35th Sikhs, [[Indian Army during World War I|Indian Army]] and was awarded the [[Military Cross]] for his actions on the [[North-West Frontier Province|North West Frontier of India]] at Dakka, 17 May 1919.<ref>''[[London Gazette]]'', 2 December 1919</ref>

He is remembered on the [[Imperial War Museums]]' site ''[https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/1516774 We remember Reginald Leonard Haine]''.<ref>[https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/ Lives of the First World War]</ref>

==Subsequent career==

He later achieved the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]] and commanded a [[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]] battalion during the [[Second World War]]. In later life he became a [[chartered accountant]].<ref>[[Harold Howitt|Howitt, Harold]], ''The History of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales''. [[Heinemann (publisher)|Heinemann]], London, 1966.</ref>

==Medal==
The medal has been loaned by the family to the [[Imperial War Museum]] in London. A copy is on display at Headquarters, [[Honourable Artillery Company]], Armoury House, London.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80000033/ Imperial War Museums interview with Haine], 1973
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041028141812/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/sussex.htm Location of grave and VC medal] ''(West Sussex)''
* {{Lives of WWI | id= 1516774 | name= Reginald Leonard Haine }}

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[[Category:British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross]]
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[[Category:People from Wandsworth]]
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