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Commander of First Army

Name: Commander of First Army – Great Britain factsheet records
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Great Britain · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records

1914–1916Date range

2Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1914

Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1st1914

London · Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander of the First Army as part of the BEF sent to France

1916

Horne Stirkoke, 1st1916

London · Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander of the First Army

Names involved

Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1stHorne Stirkoke, 1st

Provenance

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