Douglas Haig was a British soldier, a British Field Marshal, and a British Commander of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in World War 1.
General Haig is a hero of World War one because after the war ended, Haig opened up a trust fund for all the people in the war that were killed, injured badly or left homeless. This trust fund grew and is now what we call the Poppy trust.
Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig, Victoria Doris Rachel Haig, George Alexander Eugene Douglas Haig,and Irene Violet Erecsia Janet Acgusta Haig
Sir Douglas Haig (1861-1928), British Field Marshal and Commander in Chief of the British Expedionary Forces during WW1.
The most famous general of World War 1 was probably General Douglas Haig of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). He led the BEF during the critical battles of the war, including the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Passchendaele. Haig's leadership and decisions during the war remain controversial and have been the subject of much debate and criticism.
Principally it was Douglas Haig, he took over from Sir John French. Other notable British Generals were Rawlinson, Byng, Smith-Dorrien, Allenby.....
Douglas Haig.
Sir Douglas Haig
Haig was the senior officer in charge of the British Expeditionary Force (the British Army in the Western Front in World War I).He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and was the son of John Haig the head of Haig & Haig whisky.
General Douglas Haig was in charge of the British force on the Somme in World War I.
General Haig is a hero of World War one because after the war ended, Haig opened up a trust fund for all the people in the war that were killed, injured badly or left homeless. This trust fund grew and is now what we call the Poppy trust.
Douglas Haig was born on June 19, 1861.
Douglas Haig was born on June 19, 1861.
At the start it was Sir John French & for most of the war it was Douglas Haig.
nothing he was a miserable thing never to be married to again !!
Douglas Haig died on January 29, 1928 at the age of 66.
Douglas Haig's family owned the whiskey distillery that produced Haig's Whisky and that used to advertise with the slogan 'Don't be vague. Ask for Haig.'
Club Atlético Douglas Haig was created on 1918-11-11.