SIR DOUGLAS HAIG, G. C. B.
Field Marshal of Great Britain. He was born June 19, 1861,
at Cameron Bridge, Fife, Scotland. He married Hon. Dorothy
Vivian in 1905. Hon. fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford. He
joined 7th Hussars, 1885. He served in Sudan, 1898; South
Africa, 1899. He is A. D. C. to King. Was Inspector-General
Cavalry, India, 1903-1906; Major-General, 1904; Chief of
Staff, India, 1909 to 1912; General Officer, in command of
First Army in France, 1914-1915; Field Marshal, commanding
entire British forces in France, 1916.
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