Bain News Service,, publisher.
Gen. Sir Douglas Haig
[between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
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Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
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Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA,
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Call Number: LC-B2- 4221-13
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Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )
Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE, ADC (19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) was a British senior officer during the First World War. He commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from 1915 to the end of the war. He was commander during the Battle of the Somme, the battle with one of the highest casualties in British military history, the Third Battle of Ypres and the Hundred Days Offensive, which led to the armistice in 1918 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Haig,_1st_Earl_Haig
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The Sunday Oregonian, May 20, 1917, SECTION FIVE, Image 61 printed a cropped version of this photo with the caption: "General Sir Douglas Haig commands the British forces in France which have met with such success lately." oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1917-05-20/ed-1/se...