Earl Haig Secondary School is named after Field Marshal The 1st Earl Haig. The school was established in 1928, shortly after the Early Haig’s death.
Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE, ADC, was born in Scotland in 1861. Joining the British Army, he served as a cavalryman in the Sudan and South Africa and after the South African War rapidly rose through the ranks. When the First World War broke out, Haig commanded the British 1st Corps and in 1915 he was appointed Commander of the British Expeditionary Force in France, a position he held until the end of the war. He oversaw the terrible battles of the Somme of 1916. In 1918, he extended the British section of the Western Front southwards, his troops suffering terrible losses at the hands of the German offensive. After the war, he devoted himself to the welfare of his men. He spent his later years traveling the British Empire initiating charities to aid those who had served with him.
