Christoper Haines (born 1944) is an
historical reenactor
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and the founder of the
Ermine Street Guard in 1972.
Life and career
Haines was originally a farmer in his native
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire ( , ; abbreviated Glos.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Herefordshire to the north-west, Worcestershire to the north, Warwickshire to the north-east, Oxfordshire ...
. In 1972, he was asked to take part in a pageant at St Mary's Church in
Great Witcombe
Great Witcombe is a village and civil parish south east of Gloucester, in the Tewkesbury district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 80. The parish touches Badgeworth, Brimpsfield, Brockworth
...
, Gloucestershire. He formed a group for the occasion, and he went on to establish it as the Ermine Street Guard shortly thereafter. As of 2007, it had sixty members.
He is now its chairman, in addition to his role as the Guards'
centurion
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Lucius Flavius Aper
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, of the
Legio II Augusta
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.
Simon James, Department of Archaeology, University of Durham
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Haines was awarded an MBE in 2007, at the age of 63.['']Gloucestershire Echo
''Gloucestershire Echo'' is a local weekly newspaper based in Gloucester, England. Published every Thursday, it covers the areas of Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, Moreton-in-Marsh, Northleach, Stow-on-the-Wold and Tewkesbury. The newspaper is head ...
'', 2007
References
External links
On the Edge of an Empire , FULL EPISODE , Time Team
Time Team Classics, YouTube
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, 20 September 2019
1944 births
Living people
Historical reenactment
People from Gloucestershire
Members of the Order of the British Empire
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