Robert Haining

General Sir Robert Hadden Haining, (28 July 1882 – 15 September 1959) was a senior British Army officer during the Second World War.

Early life and education Haining was born in Chester, the eldest son of Dr. William Haining and Mary Ellen Roberts. He was educated at Uppingham School and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.

He served during the First World War, where he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1915 and mentioned in despatches six times throughout the war.

After attending the Staff College, Camberley from 1920 to 1921, he returned there as an instructor from 1922 to 1924. Haining was appointed Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General for the 2nd Division based at Aldershot in 1928. 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. He retired from the British Army in 1942.

Haining died in September 1959, aged 77.