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My Father's Son: The Memoirs of Major The Earl Haig OBE DL ARSA
Dawyck Haig is the only son of Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the British supreme commander in World War I. He was captured by the Germans in World War II and spent the rest of the war under heavy guard at Colditz Castle.
194 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2000
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February 4, 2015
An emotionally moving 'read'. Very, very much enjoyed this sight into a different time, another world, and a man whose life though so emphatically scarred and formed by the ‘accident’ of his birth, in the course of time found himself through his undoubted talent for painting.
On another level, here too is the story which explained to me the words “Haig Fund” that I remember on the black centre of the Remembrance Sunday poppies we used to buy annually in contribution to military charities. I’m SO disappointed to now have reached over for a look at the poppy I bought last November (2011), to find that black centre now says “Poppy Appeal..” I hate the loss of such links with the past.
On discovering his obituary (2009) online; I felt distinctly sad to think of his passing; yet quietly pleased at the thought that he had lived an honourable life of service to others, and himself to a ripe old age, sufficient (unlike his own father) to see his children (and grandchildren?) grow up.
[See http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obitu... accessed 02FEB2012]. RIP.
On another level, here too is the story which explained to me the words “Haig Fund” that I remember on the black centre of the Remembrance Sunday poppies we used to buy annually in contribution to military charities. I’m SO disappointed to now have reached over for a look at the poppy I bought last November (2011), to find that black centre now says “Poppy Appeal..” I hate the loss of such links with the past.
On discovering his obituary (2009) online; I felt distinctly sad to think of his passing; yet quietly pleased at the thought that he had lived an honourable life of service to others, and himself to a ripe old age, sufficient (unlike his own father) to see his children (and grandchildren?) grow up.
[See http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obitu... accessed 02FEB2012]. RIP.
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