| THE VICTORIA CROSS, MILITARY CROSS AND CAMPAIGN MEDALS AWARDED TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL REGINALD HAINE, HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY, HAVE BEEN SOLD AT AUCTION BY SPINK OF LONDON. |
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| 27 November 2025 |
| The Victoria Cross, Military Cross and campaign medals awarded to Lieutenant Colonel Reginald Haine, 1st Bn, Honourable Artillery Company, have been sold at auction by Spink of London. The sale took place on Thursday, 27th November 2025. The sale estimate was between £240,000 and £280,000. The sale hammer price realised £260,000. The identity of the purchaser has not been revealed. The Reginald Haine VC medal group had previously been on loan to the Imperial War Museum. For the award of the Victoria Cross [ London Gazette, 8 June 1917 ], Gavrelle, France, 28 - 29 April 1917, Second Lieutenant Reginald Leonard Haine, 1st Bn, Honourable Artillery Company
For most conspicuous bravery and determination, when our troops, occupying a pronounced salient, were repeatedly counter-attacked ( near Gavrelle, France ).Reginald Haine was invested with his Victoria Cross by King George V at Buckingham Palace on the 21st July 1917. |
| For the award of the Military Cross [ London Gazette, 29 November 1919 ], Dakka, North West Frontier, India, 17 May 1919, Lieutenant Colonel Reginald Haine VC, 35th Sikhs, Indian Army.
On many occasions during the fight near the summit of the hill he did everything in his power to collect the men for attack on the enemy entrenches on the top of the hill in face of very heavy fire. |
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Iain Stewart, 27 November 2025