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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....
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    Earl Haig Secondary School, formerly Earl Haig Collegiate Institute, is a public high school with 2,048 students in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In addition...
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    Club Atlético Douglas Haig is an Argentine football club from Pergamino, Buenos Aires Province, which plays in the country's Third Division. The club is...
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    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...
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  • The Haig Fund (more properly the Earl Haig Fund) is a charity set up in 1921 by Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig. In response to the poem In...
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    Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig was Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front. Haig commanded the BEF in...
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    ISBN 978-0-7735-3522-0. Reid, Walter (2006). Architect of Victory: Douglas Haig. Edinburgh: Birlinn. ISBN 1-84158-517-3. Robbins, Simon (2005). British Generalship...
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  • Haig Haig is a settlement in British Columbia. It was named for Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, a British senior officer during the First World War. Akrigg...
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    Douglas Haig. London: Atlantic Books. ISBN 978-1-84354-281-0. Reid, Walter (2006). Architect of Victory: Douglas Haig. Birlinn Ltd, Edinburgh. ISBN 1-84158-517-3...
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    Marshal French, with the concurrence of other senior commanders (e.g. General Sir Douglas Haig), wanted the New Armies incorporated into existing divisions...
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    During the Duke's long career he helped to further the career progress of Douglas Haig, a talented and able young officer, who succeeded through Staff College...
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    expedition). It was formally unveiled on Memorial Day, 1 July 1924 by Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig. Donations poured in from across the island for...
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  • Sir James Grierson decisively beat Douglas Haig, calling into question Haig's abilities as a field commander. J. E. B. Seely, the Secretary of State for...
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    Sarah, and Philip. His maternal grandfather was Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig. Astor was educated at Eton College before serving with the Life...
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    high and honourable man" (Vol2 p98) and that "in moral stature Haig was a giant" (pp440–1). David Lloyd George's memoirs were appearing as Cooper was writing...
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    in wartime. The order consists of six classes: Ferdinand Foch Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Philippe Pétain Joseph Joffre Américo Tomás Francisco Franco...
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    casualties. On 28 October, IV Corps was put under the temporary command of Douglas Haig while Rawlinson went to England to oversee the preparation of 8th Division...
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  • Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever, and Lady Irene Haig (a daughter of Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig), in 1970. Before their divorce in 1990, Astor succeeded...
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    without a pass, and had to be 'appeased' by a meeting with General Sir Douglas Haig. As Attorney General, it was his responsibility to lead the prosecution...
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    Viscount Wolseley (1898) John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1903) Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1920) David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1922) Charles Thomas-Stanford...
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    George and the War Cabinet had been keen to remove Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig as C-in-C of the BEF, but had been unable to think of a suitable successor...
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    and was the outstanding graduate of his year in 1909. Major-General Douglas Haig, then Chief of Staff India, became his patron. Charteris was a staff...
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  • Politics and History (1985) 31#3 pp 435–444. History of the Liberal Party (UK) Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Biography of Maurice at Spartacus Educational...
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    to defend. Sir Douglas Haig succeeded Sir John French as Commander-in-Chief of the BEF on 19 December. A week after his appointment, Haig met Rear-Admiral...
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    Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, at a ceremony held on 8 October 1927. The party accompanying Earl Haig included the Mayor of Coventry, as well as Mrs E Bench...
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    Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Field Marshal the Earl Roberts, John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Redvers Buller...
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  • General Staff (CGS): James Grierson Corps commanders: Lt. General Sir Douglas Haig, General Sir Arthur Paget Cavalry commander: Major-General Edmund Allenby...
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    of Canada General Sir John Monash of Australia Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig of Britain General Armando Diaz of Italy General Cyriaque Gillain...
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  •  14. Retrieved 12 July 2007. Prior, Robin; Wilson, Trevor. "Haig, Douglas, first Earl Haig (1861–1928)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online)...
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    Wells 2011, p. 72. Charteris, J. (1929). Field Marshal Earl Haig. London: Cassell. ISBN 978-1-135-10031-5 – via Archive Foundation. Corkerry, S., ed....
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