Robert Haining

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Robert "Bob" Hadden Haining , KCB , DSO (born July 28, 1882 in Chester , Cheshire , † September 15, 1959 in Surrey ) was a British general in the British Army , between 1940 and 1941 Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff and last from 1941 to 1942 was general director of the Army Command in the Middle East . He also served as Lord Lieutenant of the County of Surrey between 1949 and 1957 .

Life

Robert "Bob" Hadden Haining, son of Dr. William Haining and his wife Mary Ellen Roberts began an officer training at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich after attending the Uppingham School, founded in 1584 . Once finished, he was in 1901 as a lieutenant (Second Lieutenant) in the Royal Artillery taken over and participated in the First World War in part. Subsequently, he also holds a degree in law and then received his legal admission as a barrister at the Bar Association Inns of Court of Lincoln's Inn . After various posts as an officer and staff officer , he completed a course at the Imperial Defense College (IDC) in London . From 1928 to 1929 he was initially Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General of the 2nd Division of the 2nd Division (Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General 2nd Division) in Aldershot and, between 1930 and 1931, First General Staff Officer of the 4th Division stationed in Colchester (General Staff Officer 1, 4th Division ) before moving to the Department of Military Operations in the War Department.

Brigadier (Brigadier) Haining was from May 1933 to December 1934 as deputy head of the Department of Military Operations and Intelligence in the War Office (Deputy Director of Military Operations and Intelligence, War Office ) and following 1935-1936 Commander of the Imperial Defense College. As Major General (Major-General) , he served between August 1936 and July 1939 as head of military operations and intelligence at the War Office (Director of Military Operations and Intelligence, War Office) . Subsequently, he served as Lieutenant General (Lieutenant-General) from April 1938 to July 1939, first Commanding General ( General Officer Commanding ) of British troops in Palestine and Transjordan and then between August 1939 and June 1940 Commanding General of the Army Command West (General Officer Commanding in Chief Western Command) . He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery.

On May 27, 1940, General Robert Haining took over from General John Dill as Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff and was as such deputy until his replacement by General Henry Royds Pownall in May 1941 Chiefs of the Imperial General Staff , Field Marshal John Dill. In this use he was beaten on July 11, 1940 to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB), so that from then on he carried the name suffix Sir . After receiving a special assignment on May 25, 1941, he was last from 1941 until his retirement in 1942, General Director of the Army Command in the Middle East (Intendant-General Middle East Command) . As the successor to Malcolm Fraser, 1st Baronet , he became Lord Lieutenant of the County of Surrey in 1949 and held this office until 1957, when Geoffrey FitzClarence, 5th Earl of Munster, succeeded him.

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  1. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 29
  2. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 27
  3. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 166
  4. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 112
  5. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 16
  6. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES
predecessor Office successor
General John Dill Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff
1940-1941 		General Henry Royds Pownall
Malcolm Fraser, 1st Baronet Lord Lieutenant of the County of Surrey
1949–1957 		Geoffrey FitzClarence, 5th Earl of Munster
personal data
SURNAME Haining, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haining, Robert Hadden (full name); Bob (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British general
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Chester , Cheshire
DATE OF DEATH September 15, 1959
Place of death Surrey