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Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE ( / heɪɡ /; 19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) was a senior officer of the British Army. During the First World War he commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front from late 1915 until the end of the war. He was commander during the Battle of the Somme ...
- 1884–1920
- British Army
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (born June 19, 1861, Edinburgh—died Jan. 29, 1928, London) was a British field marshal, commander in chief of the British forces in France during most of World War I. His strategy of attrition (tautly summarized as “kill more Germans”) resulted in enormous numbers of British casualties but little immediate gain ...
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By Gary Sheffield Haig, Douglas (Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig of Bemersyde) British soldier and Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force Born 19 June 1861 in Edinburgh, UK Died 28 January 1928 in London, UK. Douglas Haig was Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force from late 1915 to 1919.
May 29, 2018 · Haig, Sir Douglas, 1st Earl Haig (1861–1928). Soldier. Before 1914 Haig was recognized as one of the outstanding soldiers of his generation. In December 1915 he replaced Sir John French as commander-in-chief of the British armies in France. He fought two of the most costly and controversial battles in British history, the Somme (1916) and ...
Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) led the British Expeditionary Force during World War I. His reputation is still controversial. Although a popular commander during the immediate post-war years, [1] with his funeral becoming a day of national mourning, Haig also became an object of criticism for his ...
- United Kingdom
- British Army
- 29 January 1928 (aged 66), 21 Prince's Gate, London, England
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Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE, ADC, also commonly known as 'Butcher Haig', (19 June 1861 - 29 January 1928) was a British senior officer during World War I.
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 ...
