Statue

Earl Haig

Erection date: 10/11/1937

Inscription

{On the front of the plinth:}
Field Marshal, Earl Haig, Command-in-Chief of the British armies in France, 1915 - 1918.
{On the back of the plinth:}
Erected by Parliament

The stance of the horse has been criticised since the position of the hind legs suggest urination. Probably not what was intended. We thank Jamie Davis for finding this link to the British Pathe news film of the unveiling.

Site: Earl Haig (1 memorial)

SW1, Whitehall

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Earl Haig

Subjects commemorated i

Lord Douglas Haig

1st Lord Haig. Born Edinburgh into the whisky family. Senior commander during...

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Earl Haig

Created by i

Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester

Soldier and member of the Royal Family.  Born at Sandringham, third son of Ge...

Read More

Alfred Frank Hardiman

Sculptor.  Born 17 Orde Hall Street. The statue of Lord Haig is his best know...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

George, Duke of Cambridge

George, Duke of Cambridge

SW1, Whitehall

We love that "etc." for his string of honours. Reddit have a magnificent photo "Workers at the AB Burton Foundry in Thames Ditton, Surrey...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Colonial Office - S15 - Molesworth

Colonial Office - S15 - Molesworth

SW1, Whitehall, Foreign Office

Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Havelock statue

Havelock statue

WC2, Trafalgar Square

This was the first statue ever to be made from a photograph. There is a copy at Mowbray Park, Sunderland.

War dead | Other war
16 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Brian Haw

Brian Haw

SE1, Lambeth Road, 52, School of Historical Dress

Permission to erect a statue in Parliament Square was, unsurprisingly, not granted. The alternative placement chosen is opposite the Impe...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
FCO - G unknown

FCO - G unknown

SW1, Horse Guards Road, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The Foreign Office was completed in 1873 to the 1861 designs of Sir George Gilbert Scott, with Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt for the St James’s...