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Title: Help to identify regiment, served in India
Post by: anniezooney on Sunday 14 May 06 17:16 BST (UK)

This is a picture of my grandfather, Edward Haines. He served in India between 1892 and 1902. Can anyone help me to identify his regiment from this photograph?

Thanks

Ann

Title: Re: Help to identify regiment, served in India
Post by: genechaser on Sunday 14 May 06 17:53 BST (UK)

Hi 

By the shape of the flame on the collar dogs, I would say that he is serving in a Fusilier Regt..

Title: Re: Help to identify regiment, served in India
Post by: leitir fura on Thursday 21 June 07 08:05 BST (UK)

Is this Edward haines any relation to an Edward Haines by any chance who was a silhouette artist in Brighton from 1840 to 1860?

Title: Re: Help to identify regiment, served in India
Post by: themonsstar on Thursday 21 June 07 10:46 BST (UK)

The Royal Field/ Garrison Artillery  & Royal Engineers also had the Grenade, as a collar badge,  and looking at the head dress I would go for RFA/RGA, or RE.

Title: Re: Help to identify regiment, served in India
Post by: RobertS on Thursday 21 June 07 14:00 BST (UK)

I would go for artillery, given the round ball on the helmet. Any chance of a close up on the shoulder titles. Although hard to tell at an angle.
RobertS

Title: Re: Help to identify regiment, served in India
Post by: anniezooney on Thursday 21 June 07 22:44 BST (UK)

I posted this request last year. Earlier this year, I at last managed to trace grandfather's army records at Kew. It was quite a hunt, he later served in WW1 and both his Indian army records and war records had been put onto his pension record.

I have now established that he did serve in the Royal Artillery, the 54th F.B.R.A. He also served in the RFA in WW1.

My grandfather's family were farmers from the Westbury and Frome area, we have no connections with Brighton.

Annie

Title: Re: Help to identify regiment, served in India
Post by: manmack on Friday 22 June 07 04:22 BST (UK)

annie,is this man one of your relatives.
rifleman walter haine
kings royal rifle corps
R/6146
died of wounds 17-9-16
age 28
born westbury,wilts
son of thomas+sarah,francis haine of woolverton,beckington,near frome
buried in guards cemetery,le boeufe,somme,france
grave ref.VIII.N.2

mack

Title: Re: Help to identify regiment, served in India
Post by: anniezooney on Sunday 24 June 07 21:04 BST (UK)

Mack

I do not think these are my relatives. We have a connection with Beckington, my grandparents were married in the parish church there in 1903. However, your man's surname is Haine but mine are Haines ending with an S. My great grandparents are buried in the churchyard at Berkley nr Frome, I seem to remember when searching for their graves we came across a grave stone with the family name of Haine. I guess Haine/Haines are local names to that part of the world.

Annie