Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
1 portrait of Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
by Unknown artist
watercolour, pen and ink, 1916
9 5/8 in. x 6 1/2 in. (243 mm x 164 mm) paper size
Given by Xenia Dennen, 2012
Reference Collection
NPG D43021
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Current affairs
As war drags on with heavy losses conscription is introduced with the Military Service Act. Conscientious objectors who refused to fight were compelled to do non-military war work, and some were jailed.British Summer Time is introduced, putting the clocks forward an hour during the summer in order to capitalise on daylight hours.
Art and science
C. Hubert H. Parry sets William Blake's poem, Jerusalem, to music popularising the poem and tune as a patriotic English anthem. On hearing Edward Elgar's orchestrated version in 1922, King George V suggested that it replace God Save the King as the National Anthem.International
The Irish Citizen Army starts a Nationalist rebellion in Dublin: The Easter Rising.Massive losses are suffered on the Western Front at the battles of the Somme and Verdun.
The Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire (1916-18) led by Prince Faisal is assisted by T.E. Lawrence, who became known as Lawrence of Arabia.
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