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Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig. (1861-1928), Field Marshal. 20th Century Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter in 64 portraits. Commissioned into a cavalry regiment in 1885, by 1904 Haig had become the youngest major general in the British Army. On the outbreak of war in 1914, he helped organise the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), commanded by ...
Haig believed that the war could only be won on the Western Front. This caused friction with Lloyd George, secretary of state for war and prime minister from December 1916 who disagreed with this ...
Douglas Haig (ur. 19 czerwca 1861 w Edynburgu, zm. 29 stycznia 1928 w Londynie) – pierwszy hrabia ( earl) Haig, generał brytyjski, później marszałek polny, dowódca Brytyjskich Sił Ekspedycyjnych w trakcie I wojny światowej, realizator kontrowersyjnego sposobu prowadzenia wojny, oskarżany m.in. o nadmierne szafowanie życiem ...
Children of Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig and Hon. Dorothy Maud Vivian. Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig + 3 b. 9 Mar 1907, d. 15 Aug 1997; Lady Victoria Doris Rachel Haig + 4 b. 7 Nov 1908, d. 1993; George Alexander Eugene Douglas Haig, 2nd Earl Haig + 4 b. 15 Mar 1918, d. 9 Jul 2009; Lady Irene Violet Freesia Janet Augusta ...
Search for: 'Earl Haig' in Oxford Reference ». (1861–1928)British army general who commanded British forces on the western front in the latter half of World War I. He also founded the British Legion. He was admitted to the OM and created Earl Haig of Bemersyde in 1919.The son of a landed family from the Scottish Borders, Haig attended ...
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