Background
Wain was born in Penarth near Cardiff, Wales to Florence E. Wain and Harris Wain.
Wain was born in Penarth near Cardiff, Wales to Florence E. Wain and Harris Wain.
He was educated at The Cathedral School, Llandaff and then at Penarth Grammar School and Saint Bees Grammar School. He was commissioned into the Manchester Regiment on 16 July 1915 and served in France. He was wounded on 1 July 1916 on the opening day of the battle of the Somme.
He was serving as an officer of 17th Battalion of the Manchester Regiment.
His unit suffering severe casualties as they successfully captured the village of Montauban. Wain served in A Company and was badly wounded as he led his men forward.
He joined the Heavy Section of the Machine Gun Corps and was allocated to A Battalion. His unit, which was equipped with tanks, took part in the Battle of Messines in June 1917.
Wain"s tank reaching its final objective and destroying a number of German machine guns which were in concrete emplacement.
Though severely wounded he rushed an enemy strong point with a Lewis gun capturing it and taking about half the garrison prisoners. His actions allowed the infantry, which had been pinned back by the machine gun post, to advance. He was killed shortly afterwards while continuing to fire on the retiring enemy.
Where he was a member of the Officer Training Corps. His tank took a direct hit killing all but him and one member of his crew.