Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Amụrụ nwa Gregory Haines, onye ọrụ ndị uweojii, na Harriet Haines (née Eldridge), Haines gụrụ akwụkwọ na Midhurst Grammar School na Royal Military College, Sandhurst tupu e nye ya ọrụ na 4th Regiment nke ụkwụ na 21 June 1839. E buliri ya n'ọkwa lieutenant na 15 Disemba 1840 ma họpụta ya onye enyemaka nke General Sir Hugh Gough (nna nwunye nwanne ya nwoke nke okenye) na 1843. Haines sonyere n'agha Mudki na Disemba 1845 na Agha Ferozeshah (ebe ọ merụrụ ahụ nke ukwuu) na Disemba 1845 n'oge Agha Anglo-Sikh nke Mbụ. A zụlitere ya ka ọ bụrụ onye isi na 10th Regiment of Foot na 16 Mee 1846, a gbanwere ya na 21st Royal North British Fusiliers na 31 Machị 1847 wee lụọ agha na Ramnagar na Nọvemba 1848, Agha nke Chillianwala na Jenụwarị 1849 na Agha nke Gujrat na February 1849 n'oge Agha Anglo-Sikh nke Abụọ
tupu e bulie ya n'ọkwa brevet major na 7 June 1849 na brevet lieutenant colonel na 2 August 1850.