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Field Marshal Douglas Haig during the First World War
Douglas Haig came from a wealthy, privileged background in Edinburgh. He was educated at Clifton, a leading independent school, and Brasenose College, Oxford. Aged 22, he entered the Royal Military College at Sandhurst and in 1885 he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the 7th Hussars. A skilled horseman, who had played polo for England, Haig was well-suited to this cavalry regiment and served in India from 1886 to 1892.
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