WILLIAM STOBO HAINING was born on 18 July 1894 at the Railway Station House in Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland. He was the only son of station master David HAINING and his wife, Anne Johnson Hay BOYD. William was educated at the Burgh School and Ayr Academy, he served his time with the Central Agency in Glasgow, and he was on the staff of the Oakbank Oil Company in Glasgow.
William enlisted for the war in November 1914 and joined the Motor machine Gun Corps. He first saw active service in May 1915, and was later invalided home in March 1916 as a result of shrapnel wounds and slight gassing.
In September 1916 he was commissioned into the machine Gun Corps, going on active service again in June when he was attached to the tanks. Six months later, during The Battle of Cambrai on 20 November 1917, William Haining was killed in action while he was commanding tank 2821 of 14th Coy., E Batallion. The tank was affectionately known as "Ella," named after William's sister Isabella.
William Haining was a keen and enthusiastic golfer and was described as a young man of exceptionally fine character, with his death deplored by a wide circle of friends. He was a member of both the Prestwick St. Nicholas and Prestwick St. Cuthbert golf clubs. William's death is commemorated in numerous locations — on war memorials in the clubhouses of both clubs, on the Prestwick war memorial, here at Ribecourt Road Cemetery in Trescault (near where he died in battle), and on the Haining monument in the Monkton & Prestwick Cemetery.
William enlisted for the war in November 1914 and joined the Motor machine Gun Corps. He first saw active service in May 1915, and was later invalided home in March 1916 as a result of shrapnel wounds and slight gassing.
In September 1916 he was commissioned into the machine Gun Corps, going on active service again in June when he was attached to the tanks. Six months later, during The Battle of Cambrai on 20 November 1917, William Haining was killed in action while he was commanding tank 2821 of 14th Coy., E Batallion. The tank was affectionately known as "Ella," named after William's sister Isabella.
William Haining was a keen and enthusiastic golfer and was described as a young man of exceptionally fine character, with his death deplored by a wide circle of friends. He was a member of both the Prestwick St. Nicholas and Prestwick St. Cuthbert golf clubs. William's death is commemorated in numerous locations — on war memorials in the clubhouses of both clubs, on the Prestwick war memorial, here at Ribecourt Road Cemetery in Trescault (near where he died in battle), and on the Haining monument in the Monkton & Prestwick Cemetery.
WILLIAM STOBO HAINING was born on 18 July 1894 at the Railway Station House in Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland. He was the only son of station master David HAINING and his wife, Anne Johnson Hay BOYD. William was educated at the Burgh School and Ayr Academy, he served his time with the Central Agency in Glasgow, and he was on the staff of the Oakbank Oil Company in Glasgow.
William enlisted for the war in November 1914 and joined the Motor machine Gun Corps. He first saw active service in May 1915, and was later invalided home in March 1916 as a result of shrapnel wounds and slight gassing.
In September 1916 he was commissioned into the machine Gun Corps, going on active service again in June when he was attached to the tanks. Six months later, during The Battle of Cambrai on 20 November 1917, William Haining was killed in action while he was commanding tank 2821 of 14th Coy., E Batallion. The tank was affectionately known as "Ella," named after William's sister Isabella.
William Haining was a keen and enthusiastic golfer and was described as a young man of exceptionally fine character, with his death deplored by a wide circle of friends. He was a member of both the Prestwick St. Nicholas and Prestwick St. Cuthbert golf clubs. William's death is commemorated in numerous locations — on war memorials in the clubhouses of both clubs, on the Prestwick war memorial, here at Ribecourt Road Cemetery in Trescault (near where he died in battle), and on the Haining monument in the Monkton & Prestwick Cemetery.
William enlisted for the war in November 1914 and joined the Motor machine Gun Corps. He first saw active service in May 1915, and was later invalided home in March 1916 as a result of shrapnel wounds and slight gassing.
In September 1916 he was commissioned into the machine Gun Corps, going on active service again in June when he was attached to the tanks. Six months later, during The Battle of Cambrai on 20 November 1917, William Haining was killed in action while he was commanding tank 2821 of 14th Coy., E Batallion. The tank was affectionately known as "Ella," named after William's sister Isabella.
William Haining was a keen and enthusiastic golfer and was described as a young man of exceptionally fine character, with his death deplored by a wide circle of friends. He was a member of both the Prestwick St. Nicholas and Prestwick St. Cuthbert golf clubs. William's death is commemorated in numerous locations — on war memorials in the clubhouses of both clubs, on the Prestwick war memorial, here at Ribecourt Road Cemetery in Trescault (near where he died in battle), and on the Haining monument in the Monkton & Prestwick Cemetery.
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[circular emblem with "TANK CORPS" on it]
SECOND LIEUTENANT
W. S. HAINING
TANK CORPS
NOVEMBER 1917 [line partially illegible]
[large cross]
IN OUR SAVIOUR'S KEEPING
WE LEAVE OUR LOVED ONE
SLEEPING
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