Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig NPG x32883
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Bassano Ltd
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... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










