Douglas Haig

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British Army officer human military leader

Douglas Haig was a British senior army officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front and became one of the most controversial military leaders of World War I.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer →
human →
military leader →
allegiance United Kingdom →
awardReceived Distinguished Service Order →
Order of Merit →
Order of St Michael and St George →
Order of the Bath →
Order of the Garter →
birthDate 1861-06-19 →
birthPlace Edinburgh →
Scotland →
burialPlace Dryburgh Abbey →
causeOfDeath heart failure →
conflict Second Boer War →
Fashoda Incident →
surface form: "Sudan campaign"

World War I →
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom →
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
deathDate 1928-01-29 →
deathPlace England →
London, England →
surface form: "London"
educatedAt Clifton College →
Royal Military College, Sandhurst →
Defence Academy of the United Kingdom →
surface form: "Staff College, Camberley"
familyName Haig →
fullName Douglas Haig →
Douglas Haig →
surface form: "Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig"
givenName Douglas →
honorificPrefix Field Marshal →
honorificTitle Douglas Haig →
surface form: "1st Earl Haig"
memberOf British Expeditionary Force →
militaryBranch cavalry →
militaryRank Field Marshal →
nationality British →
notableFor controversial tactics involving high casualties →
leadership of British forces on the Western Front in World War I →
notableWork Command of the British Expeditionary Force during the Battle of Passchendaele →
Command of the British Expeditionary Force during the Battle of the Somme →
Command of the British Expeditionary Force during the Hundred Days Offensive →
numberOfChildren 3 →
occupation military commander →
soldier →
positionHeld Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force →
Commander-in-Chief on the Western Front →
religion Presbyterianism →
servedIn British Army →
spouse Dorothy Maud Vivian →
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Battle of Arras (1917) → commander → Douglas Haig →
Battle of Passchendaele → commander → Douglas Haig →
Battle of the Somme → commander → Douglas Haig →
Hundred Days Offensive → commander → Douglas Haig →
this entity surface form: "Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig"
subject surface form: "Earl Haig Memorial"
this entity surface form: "Field Marshal Douglas Haig"
subject surface form: "Earl Haig Memorial"
this entity surface form: "Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig"
subject surface form: "Earl Haig Memorial"
this entity surface form: "Field Marshal Douglas Haig"
Douglas Haig → fullName → Douglas Haig →
Douglas Haig → fullName → Douglas Haig →
this entity surface form: "Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig"
Douglas Haig → honorificTitle → Douglas Haig →
this entity surface form: "1st Earl Haig"
World War I → notableCommander → Douglas Haig →
subject surface form: "Earl Haig Memorial"
this entity surface form: "Field Marshal Douglas Haig"
this entity surface form: "Field Marshal Douglas Haig"
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