Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig

Peerage of the United Kingdom

Date of birth:: June 19th, 1861 (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Date of death:: January 29th, 1928 (Londen, United Kingdom)
Buried on:: Grave Field Marshal Douglas Haig
Nationality:: British

Biography

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Khedive's Sudan Medal

Awarded on:: 1898

With clasps: The Atbara, Khartoum

Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: Second Boer War (1899-1902)
Awarded on:: March 31st, 1900

Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB, Military Division)

Period:: Second Boer War (1899-1902)
Rank:: Lieutenant-Colonel
Unit:: 7th Hussars
Awarded on:: September 27th, 1901

Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: Second Boer War (1899-1902)
Awarded on:: June 23rd, 1902

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

Awarded on:: 1904

Knight/Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (K(D)CVO)

Rank:: Major-General
Awarded on:: June 25th, 1909

Commander of the Indian Empire (KCIE)

Rank:: Lieutenant-general
Awarded on:: December 12th, 1911

Delhi Durbar Medal (1911)

Rank:: Lieutenant-general
Awarded on:: 1911

Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB, military division)

Rank:: Lieutenant-general
Awarded on:: June 3rd, 1913

Grand Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: General
Awarded on:: May 15th, 1915

Grand Cross of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (GCB, military division)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: General
Awarded on:: June 23rd, 1915

Grand Croix de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: General
Awarded on:: February 24th, 1916

Grootlint in de Leopoldsorde / Grand cordon de l'Ordre de Léopold

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: General
Awarded on:: February 24th, 1916

Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: General
Awarded on:: August 15th, 1916

Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro - Cavaliere di gran croce

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: General
Awarded on:: September 14th, 1916

Order of Daniel I - Grand Cross

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Field Marshal
Awarded on:: October 31st, 1916

Milos Obilic Gold Bravery Medal

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Field Marshal
Awarded on:: October 31st, 1916

Croix de Guerre (1914-1918)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Field Marshal
Awarded on:: April 21st, 1917

Cross of St. George IV class

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Field Marshal
Awarded on:: June 1st, 1917

Order of the Thistle

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Field Marshal
Awarded on:: July 31st, 1917

Croix de Guerre 1914–1918

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Field Marshal
Awarded on:: March 11th, 1918

Order of Karadorde's Star - Grand Cross

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Field Marshal
Awarded on:: September 10th, 1918

With swords

Kyuokujitsu sho, 1st Class

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Field Marshal
Awarded on:: November 9th, 1918

Distinguished Service Medal - Army (DSM)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Field Marshal
Awarded on:: 1918

For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States, during World War I, as Commander in Chief of the British Armies in France, as an expression to his of the high regard of the people of the United States and of their Army, for the distinguished and patriotic services which he has rendered to the common cause in which he has been associated on the battle fields of Europe."

War Department, General Orders No. 111