1915 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1915 in the United Kingdom. The year was dominated by the First World War, which broke out in the August of the previous year.
1915 propaganda poster
1915 propaganda poster
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
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Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig was a senior officer of the British Army. During the First World War he commanded the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front from late 1915 until th
1915 in the United Kingdom
…introduces legislation to restrict housing rents to their pre-war level following Glasgow rent strikes led by Mary Barbour. 10 December – World War I: Douglas Haig is appointed to succeed John French in command of the British Expeditionary Force. 30 December – armoured cruiser HMS Natal (1905) capsizes at anchor…
Haig in 1917
Plaque marking Earl Haig's birthplace, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh
Age 23 in 1885, in his hussar's uniform
Photograph of the young Douglas Haig as an officer with the 7th Hussars.