Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928), Field Marshal
Sitter in 45 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 Field-Marshal John French. In 1915 he replaced French as Commander-in-Chief of the BEF and directed British campaigns including the Somme in 1916. Haig's tactics in these battles were and still are considered controversial by many including the then Prime Minister Lloyd George. After the war Haig devoted the rest of his life to the welfare of ex-servicemen, and was involved in the creation of the Royal British Legion, of which he was president until his death.
'F M Sir Douglas Haig, inspecting sailors who took part in the raids on Ostend and Zeebrugge'
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published by Realistic Travels
printing-out paper stereoscopic card, 1918
NPG x136655
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 19 July 1921
NPG x121103
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 19 July 1921
NPG x121104
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 19 July 1921
NPG x121105
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 19 July 1921
NPG x121106
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig; Dorothy Maud (née Vivian), Countess Haig
by Bassano
vintage print, 24 November 1922
NPG x84292
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig; Rudyard Kipling; George Galloway; Sir John Bland-Sutton,1st Bt
by Graphic Photo Union
vintage print, 1923
NPG x184141
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1925
NPG x21919
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1925
NPG x168031
published by Illustrated London News, after John St Helier Lander
offset lithograph, published 1916
NPG D35109
after Francis Dodd
four-colour halftone, 1917
NPG D35107
by Alick P.F. Ritchie
cigarette card, 1926
NPG D18014
supplement to Illustrated London News, after John St Helier Lander
chromolithograph, published 4 February 1928
NPG D35108
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39017
by Bassano
whole-plate glass transparency, 16 January 1917
NPG x32885
by Bassano
whole-plate glass transparency, 16 January 1917
NPG x32891
by Bassano
whole-plate glass transparency, 16 January 1917
NPG x32892
by Bassano
whole-plate glass transparency, 16 January 1917
NPG x32895
by Bassano
whole-plate glass transparency, 16 January 1917
NPG x32898
Armed Forces and Intelligence Services
Groups
British expeditionary force
Place
Edinburgh
