Robert Haining

Sir Robert Haining
General Sir Robert Haining
Born	1882
Died	1959 (aged 76 or 77)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1901 - 1942
Rank	General
Commands held	British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan Western Command
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order

General Sir Robert Hadden Haining KCB DSO (1882–1959) was a British Army general who served during World War II.

Military career

Robert Haining was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1901.^[1] He served during World War I and after the War became a barrister at Lincoln's Inn.^[1]

He was appointed Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General for 2nd Division based at Aldershot in 1928 and then became a General Staff Officer in 4th Division at Colchester in 1930.^[1] He served in Military Operations in the War Office from 1931 to 1933 becoming Deputy Director of Military Operations and Intelligence at the War Office in 1933.^[1] He became Commandant of the Imperial Defence College in 1935 and Director of Military Operations and Intelligence at the War Office in 1936.^[1] He was appointed General Officer Commanding British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan in 1938.^[1]

At the outbreak of World War II he was appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Command and moved on to be Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff in 1940.^[1] He was appointed Intendant General for Middle East Forces in 1941:^[1] Prime Minister Winston Churchill described the role of an Intendant General to be that of "serving the Commander-in-Chief with the largest possible measure of supplies".^[2] He retired from the British Army in 1942.^[1]

He was Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery from 1939 to 1950.^[1]

Retirement

In retirement he became Lord Lieutenant of Surrey.^[3]

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