Brodie Haig

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Arthur Brodie Haig , KCB , MC & Bar (born January 31, 1886 in Kensington , London ; † February 9, 1957 ) was a British general in the British-Indian Army and most recently between 1941 and 1942 commander-in-chief of the South Command of the British-Indian Army.

Life

Tomb of General Brodie Haig in La Croix Cemetery in Grouville on the Channel Island of Jersey

Arthur Brodie Haig completed an officer training at the Royal Military College Sandhurst after attending school . Once finished, he was in 1905 as a lieutenant (Second Lieutenant) in the Indian British Army (Indian Army) over the armed forces in the Crown Colony of British India . He served in the 24th Punjabis Infantry Regiment and, after serving as an officer and staff officer, took part in the First World War, where he served on the Mesopotamia front. During the Battle of Shaiba (April 12-14, 1915) he was wounded and awarded the Military Cross (MC). In use at the Siege of Kut (7 December 1915 to 29 April 1916) he was taken prisoner and was to him after his escape a clasp (bar) awarded the Military Cross. After later assignments as an instructor at the Staff College Quetta and in the 14th Punjab Regiment , he completed a course at the Imperial Defense College (IDC) in London from 1929 to 1930 .

After that came Haig to British India back and was there from 1930 to 1932 Commander ( Commanding Officer ) of the 4th Battalion of the 14th Punjab Regiment and subsequently as Brigadier (Brigadier) from October 1933 to February 1936 Commander of the 7th Brigade Dehra Dun . He then served as Major General (Major-General) between February 1936 and April 1937 as Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster General of the Eastern Command of the British India Army (Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General Eastern Command, Indian Army) and then from April 1937 to March 1940 as Commandant of Staff College Quetta . He then worked as a lieutenant general (Lieutenant General) initially, between March 1940 and May 1941 quartermaster general of the British Indian Army (Quartermaster-General, Army Headquarters Indian Army) and then from May to October 1941 Adjutant General of the British Indian Army (Adjutant- General, Army Headquarters Indian Army) .

Most recently, General Brodie Haig replaced General Thomas Riddell-Webster as General Officer Commanding in Chief Southern Command, Indian Army, in October 1941 and remained in this position until he retired June 1942, whereupon Lieutenant General Noel Beresford-Peirse took his place there. With his retirement from active military service, he was beaten on June 11, 1942 to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) and has since had the suffix Sir .

Haig was married to Margeruite Theodora Hyde Haig until his death on February 9, 1957. After his death he was buried in La Croix Cemetery in Grouville on the Channel Island of Jersey .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 413
  2. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 387
  3. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 357
  4. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 345
  5. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 344
  6. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 388
  7. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES
predecessor Office successor
General Thomas Riddell-Webster General Officer Commanding in Chief Southern Command, Indian Army
1941–1942 		Lieutenant General Noel Beresford-Peirse
personal data
SURNAME Haig, Brodie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haig, Arthur Brodie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British general
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Kensington , London
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 1957