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| 1861 | Birth |  |
| 19th June Edinburgh Birth of Douglas Haig
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| 1899 | Major | |
| Appointed Major
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| 1903 | Inspector General | |
| London Appointed Inspector General of Cavalry, serves in India
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| 1904 | Major | |
| London Appointed Major General
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| 1910 | Lieutenant | |
| London Appointed Lieutenant General
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| 1914 | Commander | |
| London Appointed Commander of the First Army as part of the BEF sent to France
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| 1914 | General | |
| Appointed General
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| 1915 | Commander | |
| 18th Dec London Appointed Commander-in-Chief
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| 1916 | Battle of Somme, 1st | |
| Somme Tanks are used for the first time to cross trenches & destroy machine gun nests
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| 25th June Somme The Royal Flying Corps attack German observation balloons
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| 1st July Somme A major British offensive takes place resulting in 57,540 British casualties
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| 26th Sep Somme Captures the villages of Morval, Lesboeufs & Rancourt
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| 26th Sep Somme Supported by Foch's 6th Army but 20,000 British perish on the first day of the battle
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| 26th Sep Somme Surrounds German forces in the town of Comles
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| 1917 | Agreement Calais | |
| 27th Feb Calais Lloyd George & the French War Committee agree the Haig-Nivelle plan
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| 27th Feb Calais The Haig-Nivelle plan is put in the command of the French C-in-C
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| 1917 | Battle of Cambrai | |
| Cambrai Authorizes the Allied attack by the BEF against the Hindenburg Line
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| 16th Sep Cambrai Approves the plan for the offensive on the plain of Cambrai
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| 20th Nov Cambrai 6 KM are gained
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| 20th Nov Cambrai German reinforcements stop the Allied advance to Cambrai & regain lost land by Nov 30
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| 1917 | Battle of Passchendale | |
| 7th Oct Passchendale Haig decides to capture Paschendale
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| 9th Oct Passchendale Orders the Canadian Corps to capure the Pascendale Ridge
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| 12th Oct Passchendale 1st day of the Passchendale Offensive
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| 24th Oct Passchendale The Passchandale Offensive ceases after only advancing half a mile in 12 days
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| 1917 | Battle of Somme, 1st | |
| 3rd Jan Somme The British advance 500 yards east of Beaucourt taking over 100 PoWs
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| 5th Jan Somme The British capture 2 German posts near Beaumont Hamel
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| 9th Jan Somme The British capture trenches east of Beaumont Hamel
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| 17th Jan Somme The British capture German posts on 600 yd front nth of Beaufort-sur-Ancre
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| 27th Jan Le Transloy The British take a position near Le Transloy & capture a 350 strong garrison
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| 28th Jan Ancre The British capture Ancre
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| 31st Jan Somme The British repulse counter-attacks on Ancre
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| 6th Feb Somme The Germans evacuate Ancre
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| 8th Feb Somme The British capture Sailly-Saillisel ridge, Hill 153
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| 22nd Feb Somme A preliminary withdrawal of 3 miles
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| 22nd Feb Somme The Alberich programme for German retreat to the Siegried Line is accelerated
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| 27th Feb Somme Le Barque & Ligny are captured by the British, 11 miles have been gained in 1 week
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| 14th Mar Somme The main German retreat to the Hindenburg line begins
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| 16th Mar St Pierre The British occupy St Pierre Vaast Wood
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| 5th April Somme The Allies now face the Hindenburg Line
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| 18th April Somme The British 5th Army captures Villers Guislain & Gonnelieu
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| 1917 | Capture | |
| 28th Jan Ancre The British capture Ancre
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| 1917 | Casualties | |
| 30th April London During April the BEF loses 120,070, the heaviest since July 1917
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| 1917 | Field Marshal | |
| 1st Jan London Public announcement of Haig's promotion to Field Marshal
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| 1917 | Messines | |
| 2nd June London Decides to distract the Germans from rebellion amongst French soldiers around Reims
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| 1917 | Offensive | |
| 2nd Feb London Haig orders the Arras Offensive for 8th April
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| 2nd June Messines Orders an Allied offensive to distract the Germans from French mutinies
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| 1917 | Plan Haig Nivelle | |
| 27th Feb Calais Lloyd George & the French War Committee agree the Haig-Nivelle plan
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| 1917 | Programme Alberich | |
| 22nd Feb Somme The Alberich programme for German retreat to the Siegried Line is accelerated
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| 1918 | Battle of Amiens | |
| 8th Aug Amiens 8-11 Aug, offensive instigated by Haig, ultimately leads to victory
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| 1918 | Battle of Flanders | |
| Flanders Covers the entire British front from Dixmude to the Ypres salient
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| Flanders Devises a series of actions to advance into norther France & Belgium
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| 28th Sep Flanders 1st day of the battle of Flanders
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| 1st Oct Flanders The Allies have advanced 8 miles & all the German defenses taken
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| 14th Oct Flanders The 2nd Allied attack of the battle of Flanders commences
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| 17th Oct Ostend Ostend is liberated by the Allies during the battle of Flanders
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| 19th Oct Bruges Bruges is liberated by the Allies during the battle of Flanders
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| 20th Oct Flanders The Allies reach the Dutch border
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| 11th Nov Flanders The Allies reach a line running from Terneuzen, Ghent, Scheldt River, Ath & St Ghislan
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| 1918 | Capture | |
| 17th Oct Ostend Ostend is liberated by the Allies during the battle of Flanders
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| 19th Oct Bruges Bruges is liberated by the Allies during the battle of Flanders
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| 1918 | Commander | |
| 28th July London Appointed Commander of the French 1st Army by Foch for the Amiens Offensive
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| 1918 | Conference of Bombon | |
| 24th July Bombon Conference of all the commanders-in-chief to consider allied operations, all present proposals for the employment of allied armies
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| 24th July Bombon Haig proposes the Amiens Offensive at the Bombon Conference
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| 1918 | Offensive | |
| 7th June Messines Launches the Messines offensive
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| 24th July Amiens Proposes the Amiens Offensive at the Bombon Conference
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| 1919 | Honours | |
| Awarded the Order of Merit
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| 1919 | Peerage | |
| Bemersyde Created Earl of Bemersyde, 1st
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| 1921 | President | |
| Appointed President of the British Legion
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| 1928 | Death | |
| 29th Jan London Death of Douglas Haig
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| 2001 | Election | |
| The Conservative Party wins 32.7% of votes cast & 166 MPs
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| 2001 | Resignation | |
| Resigns after the general election
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