DEATH OF EARL HAIG
FATAL HEART SEIZURE. tPree* AHoelatlon—Bj Telegraph—Copy right.) LONDON, January 30. (Received Jan. 31, at 1.30 a.m.) The death is reported of Earl Haig at his London residence. Heart disease was the cause. —A. and N.Z. Cable. Earl Haig, who was 66 years of age, succeeded V iscount French m chief command of the British forces in France in December 1916. He was made a fieldmarshal on January 1, 1917, and Kmgnt of the Thistle in July. He received the Military Medal from * ranee after the brilliant advance in August, 1918, and was commander-in-chief of the forces in Great Britain for some months in 1919, being accorded a fine welcome on driving through London. In 1919 he received the Order of Merit and an earldom, with a giant of £IOO,OOO. He was keenly interested in the welfare of officers and exscrvicemen. A son and heir was born to Sir Douglas in March, 1918, to whom the King was godfather.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20320, 31 January 1928, Page 9
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