Old Photograph Earl Haig Statue Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of the Earl Haig statue outside Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland. Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, born 19 June 1861, died 29 January 1928, was a British senior officer during the First World War. He commanded the British Expeditionary Force from 1915 to the end of the war. The statue was gifted to the city in 1923 by Sir Dhunjibhoy Bomanji, a wealthy Bombay shipping magnate, who was keen to be seen as being very supportive of the British. The inscription on the statue reads: " Earl Haig: This statue was presented to the City of Edinburgh by Sir Dhunjibhoy Bomanji of Bombay in admiration of the services rendered to the British Empire by the Field Marshal. " The statue has been relocated inside the castle itself.



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