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Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig

1861 - 1928

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Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, (; 19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) was a senior officer of the British Army. During the First World War he commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front from late 1915 until the end of the war. Haig's military career included service in the War Office, where he was instrumental in the creation of the Territorial Force in 1908. In January 1917 he was promoted to the rank of field marshal, subsequently leading the BEF during the final Hundred Days Offensive. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig is the 510th most popular military personnel (down from 467th in 2019), the 1,116th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 857th in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig ranks 510 out of 2,058. Before him are Alexander Yegorov, Harold Bride, Publius Ventidius Bassus, Arthur MacArthur Jr., Andreas Hofer, and Dmitry Pozharsky. After him are Datis, Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Uqba ibn Nafi, John of Austria the Younger, Mitsuo Fuchida, and Alfred von Waldersee.

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Among people born in 1861, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig ranks 37. Before him are István Tisza, Solomon R. Guggenheim, Ranavalona III, Armando Diaz, Michel Verne, and Pierre Duhem. After him are Henry Gantt, M. Visvesvaraya, Walter Simons, Luigi Facta, Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal, and Santiago Rusiñol. Among people deceased in 1928, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig ranks 29. Before him are Reinhard Scheer, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Li Yuanhong, Giovanni Giolitti, Loie Fuller, and Armando Diaz. After him are Myrtle Corbin, Antonio Abetti, Alvin Kraenzlein, Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden, Ebenezer Howard, and Jan Toorop.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig ranks 1,116 out of 8,785. Before him are Bruno (null), Keith Emerson (1944), Eric Burdon (1941), Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757), Daniel Burley Woolfall (1852), and John Stewart Bell (1928). After him are John William Polidori (1795), James Oglethorpe (1696), Melanie C (1974), Roy Harper (1941), Mike Newell (1942), and John Gray (1948).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig ranks 24. Before him are Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861), Henry Maitland Wilson (1881), Charles Lee (1731), Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891), Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738), and Harold Bride (1890). After him are John Franklin (1786), William Bligh (1754), James Paul Moody (1887), George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718), Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883), and Frederick Browning (1896).

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