Personal data
| Name | Haines |
|---|---|
| Initials | O.C. |
| Christian name | Oliver Charles |
| Date and place of birth | Tunbridge Wells, 1894 |
| Profession | policeman |
| Family | Son of Charles and Ann Haines, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent. |
Extra information
- Information
- Employed in a Motor Engineer Works in 1911; joined Eastbourne Borough Police on 11 May 1914
Military data
| Service number | P/1286 |
|---|---|
| Rank | Lance-Corporal |
| Regiment / Unit | Military Foot Police |
| Date of death | |
| Age | 22 |
| Cemetery / Memorial | Poperinghe New Military Cemetery II.G.9.; personal inscription: THY WILL BE DONE |
Other information
- Information 1
- Signed Visitors' Book on 21 December 1915. Note added by Tubby: "We killed the fatted sausage for them on a day out from Ypres. PBC" (them = Oliver Haines and fellow Military Policeman Harold Cook)
- Information 2
- Name included on the memorial at the Police Station, Grove Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, and on Tunbridge Wells War Memorial
Media
Sources
- Source
- VB 1, p.5v