 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akaberekwa mwanakomana waGregory Haines, mukuru mukuru, naHarriet Haines née Eldridge, Haines akadzidziswa kuMidhurst Grammar School uye Royal Military College, Sandhurst asati apiwa basa mu4th Regiment yeFoot musi wa21 Chikumi 1839. Akakwidziridzwa kuva lieutenant musi wa15 Zvita 1840 uye akagadzwa aide-de-camp kuna General Sir Hugh Gough baba vomukoma wake mukuru muna 1843. Haines akapinda muhondo yeMudki muna Zvita 1845 uye muhondo yeFerozeshah kwaakakuvara zvakaipisisa muna Zvita 1845 panguva yeHondo yekutanga yeAnglo-Sikh. Akakwidziridzwa kuva kaputeni mu10th Regiment of Foot musi wa 16 Chivabvu 1846, akachinjirwa ku21st Royal North British Fusiliers musi wa 31 Kurume 1847 uye akabva arwa muhondo yeRamnagar muna Mbudzi 1848, Hondo yeChillianwala muna Ndira 1849 uye Hondo yeGujrat muna Kukadzi 1849 panguva yeChipiri Anglo-Sikh Hondo asati akwidziridzwa kuva brevet major musi wa 7 Chikumi 1849 uye brevet lieutenant colonel musi wa 2 Nyamavhuvhu 1850. 