WILLIAM STOBO HAINING was born on 18 July 1894 at the Railway Station House in Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland. He was the only son of station master David HAINING and his wife, Anne Johnson Hay BOYD. William was educated at the Burgh School and Ayr Academy, he served his time with the Central Agency in Glasgow, and he was on the staff of the Oakbank Oil Company in Glasgow.
William enlisted for the war in November 1914 and joined the Motor machine Gun Corps. He first saw active service in May 1915, and was later invalided home in March 1916 as a result of shrapnel wounds and slight gassing.
In September 1916 he was commissioned into the machine Gun Corps, going on active service again in June when he was attached to the tanks. Six months later, during the Battle of Cambrai on 20 November 1917, William Haining was killed in action while he was commanding tank 2821 of 14th Coy., E Batallion. The tank was affectionately known as "Ella," named after William's sister Isabella.
William Haining was a keen and enthusiastic golfer and was described as a young man of exceptionally fine character, with his death deplored by a wide circle of friends. He was a member of both the Prestwick St. Nicholas and Prestwick St. Cuthbert golf clubs. William's death is commemorated in numerous locations — on war memorials in the clubhouses of both clubs, on the Prestwick war memorial, at Ribecourt Road Cemetery in Trescault (near where he died in battle), and here on the Haining monument in the Monkton & Prestwick Cemetery.
Note: this memorial in Monkton and Prestwick Cemetery is just a cenotaph; William is really buried here.
William enlisted for the war in November 1914 and joined the Motor machine Gun Corps. He first saw active service in May 1915, and was later invalided home in March 1916 as a result of shrapnel wounds and slight gassing.
In September 1916 he was commissioned into the machine Gun Corps, going on active service again in June when he was attached to the tanks. Six months later, during the Battle of Cambrai on 20 November 1917, William Haining was killed in action while he was commanding tank 2821 of 14th Coy., E Batallion. The tank was affectionately known as "Ella," named after William's sister Isabella.
William Haining was a keen and enthusiastic golfer and was described as a young man of exceptionally fine character, with his death deplored by a wide circle of friends. He was a member of both the Prestwick St. Nicholas and Prestwick St. Cuthbert golf clubs. William's death is commemorated in numerous locations — on war memorials in the clubhouses of both clubs, on the Prestwick war memorial, at Ribecourt Road Cemetery in Trescault (near where he died in battle), and here on the Haining monument in the Monkton & Prestwick Cemetery.
Note: this memorial in Monkton and Prestwick Cemetery is just a cenotaph; William is really buried here.
WILLIAM STOBO HAINING was born on 18 July 1894 at the Railway Station House in Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland. He was the only son of station master David HAINING and his wife, Anne Johnson Hay BOYD. William was educated at the Burgh School and Ayr Academy, he served his time with the Central Agency in Glasgow, and he was on the staff of the Oakbank Oil Company in Glasgow.
William enlisted for the war in November 1914 and joined the Motor machine Gun Corps. He first saw active service in May 1915, and was later invalided home in March 1916 as a result of shrapnel wounds and slight gassing.
In September 1916 he was commissioned into the machine Gun Corps, going on active service again in June when he was attached to the tanks. Six months later, during the Battle of Cambrai on 20 November 1917, William Haining was killed in action while he was commanding tank 2821 of 14th Coy., E Batallion. The tank was affectionately known as "Ella," named after William's sister Isabella.
William Haining was a keen and enthusiastic golfer and was described as a young man of exceptionally fine character, with his death deplored by a wide circle of friends. He was a member of both the Prestwick St. Nicholas and Prestwick St. Cuthbert golf clubs. William's death is commemorated in numerous locations — on war memorials in the clubhouses of both clubs, on the Prestwick war memorial, at Ribecourt Road Cemetery in Trescault (near where he died in battle), and here on the Haining monument in the Monkton & Prestwick Cemetery.
Note: this memorial in Monkton and Prestwick Cemetery is just a cenotaph; William is really buried here.
William enlisted for the war in November 1914 and joined the Motor machine Gun Corps. He first saw active service in May 1915, and was later invalided home in March 1916 as a result of shrapnel wounds and slight gassing.
In September 1916 he was commissioned into the machine Gun Corps, going on active service again in June when he was attached to the tanks. Six months later, during the Battle of Cambrai on 20 November 1917, William Haining was killed in action while he was commanding tank 2821 of 14th Coy., E Batallion. The tank was affectionately known as "Ella," named after William's sister Isabella.
William Haining was a keen and enthusiastic golfer and was described as a young man of exceptionally fine character, with his death deplored by a wide circle of friends. He was a member of both the Prestwick St. Nicholas and Prestwick St. Cuthbert golf clubs. William's death is commemorated in numerous locations — on war memorials in the clubhouses of both clubs, on the Prestwick war memorial, at Ribecourt Road Cemetery in Trescault (near where he died in battle), and here on the Haining monument in the Monkton & Prestwick Cemetery.
Note: this memorial in Monkton and Prestwick Cemetery is just a cenotaph; William is really buried here.
Inscription
Affectionate Remembrance of
DAVID HAINING
STATION MASTER
WHO DIED 13TH JUNE 1930
IN HIS 69TH YEAR.
AND HIS WIFE
ANNE J. H. BOYD
WHO DIED 6TH AUGUST 1931
AGED 71 YEARS.
ALSO THEIR ONLY SON
WILLIAM STOBO
WHO FELL AT CAMBRAI
20TH NOV. 1917 AGED 23 YEARS.
THEIR DAUGHTER
ANNA STOBO
WHO DIED 22ND JAN. 1952
AGED 62 YEARS
WIFE OF ROBERT SHANKLAND.
ISABELLA CLELAND (ELLA)
WHO DIED 23RD JAN. 1955
