Field Marshal Earl Haig

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
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gptkb:Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:Order_of_the_Crown_(Belgium)
gptkb:Order_of_the_Garter
gptkb:Order_of_the_Star_of_India
gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkb:Legion_of_Honour_(France)
gptkb:Order_of_the_White_Eagle_(Russia)
gptkb:Order_of_the_Rising_Sun_(Japan)
gptkbp:birthDate 1861-06-19
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Edinburgh,_Scotland
gptkbp:children gptkb:George_Haig,_2nd_Earl_Haig
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Haig_Fund_Poppy_Appeal
gptkb:Earl_Haig_Fund
gptkbp:deathDate 1928-01-29
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkb:Clifton_College
gptkb:Royal_Military_College,_Sandhurst
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Royal_British_Legion
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Douglas_Haig
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Field Marshal Earl Haig
gptkbp:knownFor Leadership during World War I
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Earl_Haig_Memorial,_Whitehall,_London
Statue in Edinburgh Castle
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Field_Marshal
gptkbp:militaryService 1884–1920
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Passchendaele
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme
gptkb:Battle_of_Arras
gptkb:Hundred_Days_Offensive
gptkbp:notableWork Commander of the British Expeditionary Force in World War I
gptkbp:parent gptkb:John_Haig
gptkb:Rachel_Veitch
gptkbp:peerage gptkb:Baron_Haig_of_Bemersyde
gptkb:Earl_Haig
gptkb:Viscount_Dawick
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:John_Singer_Sargent
gptkbp:promotedToFieldMarshal 1917
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Dryburgh_Abbey,_Scotland
gptkbp:signature Douglas Haig signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Dorothy_Maud_Vivian
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies
historical debate on WWI leadership
gptkbp:title gptkb:1st_Earl_Haig
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dryburgh_Abbey
gptkb:Dryburgh_Abbey,_Scotland
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5