Brodie Haig
| Sir Brodie Haig | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 31, 1886 Kensington, London |
| Died | February 9, 1957 (aged 71) |
| Buried at | La Croix Cemetery, Grouville, Jersey |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
|
| Service/branch | Indian Army |
| Years of service | 1905-1942 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held | 4th Bn 14th Punjab Regiment 7th Dehra Dun Brigade Staff College Quetta Southern Command, India |
| Battles/wars |
World War I World War II |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Military Cross |
| Spouse(s) | Marguerite Theodora Hyde Wadley |
General Sir Arthur Brodie Haig, KCB, MC and bar (1886 – 1957) was a British officer in the Indian Army. A pre-war regular officer he served in India prior to the outbreak of the First World War when he was posted to the Middle East. He was wounded at the Battle of Shaiba, twice mentioned in dispatches and awarded the Military Cross (MC) before he was taken prisoner by the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Kut. Escaping captivity in August 1918 he received a bar to his MC.
He returned to India after the war, holding a succession of staff appointments and command of a brigade. After the start of the Second World War he was appointed Quartermaster General of Army Headquarters India and promoted to lieutenant-general. He later became General Officer Commanding in Chief of the Southern Command in India before his retirement in 1942.
Haig attended the Royal Military College and was commissioned as a second lieutenant on the unattached list for the British Indian Army on 18 January 1905. He was first attached to a British Army regiment in India for a year then appointed to the 24th Punjabis, Indian Army on 19 March 1906. He received promotion to lieutenant on 18 April 1907 and to captain on 18 January 1914.
During the First World War he served in Egypt from 18 November 1914 to 22 March 1915 and Mesopotamia from 7 April 1915 to 29 April 1916 when he was taken prisoner at the Fall of Kut. During this time he was wounded (on 14 April 1915 at the Battle of Shaiba), was mentioned in dispatches twice and was awarded the Military Cross and bar. The bar to his Military Cross was for successfully escaping from his Prisoner of war camp in August 1918. This was awarded 10 June 1920.
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