[PAR] [TLE] Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig [SEP] Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} ( ; 19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) was a senior officer of the British Army.  During the First World War he commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front from late 1915 until the end of the war.  He was commander during the Battle of the Somme, the battle with one of the highest casualties in British military history, the Third Battle of Ypres, the German Spring Offensive, and the Hundred Days Offensive, which led to the armistice of 11 November 1918. [PAR] [TLE] Earl Haig Memorial [SEP] The Earl Haig Memorial is a bronze equestrian statue of the British Western Front commander Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig on Whitehall in Westminster.  It was created by the sculptor Alfred Frank Hardiman and commissioned by Parliament in 1928.  Eight years in the making, it aroused considerable controversy, the Field Marshal's riding position, his uniform, the anatomy and stance of the horse all drawing harsh criticism.  The inscription on the statue base reads 'Field Marshal Earl Haig Commander-in-Chief of the British Armies in France 1915–1918'.
[PAR] [TLE] Douglas Haig , 1st Earl Haig [ SEP ] Field Marshal Douglas Haig , 1st Earl Haig , { ' 1 ' : " , ' 2 ' : " , ' 3 ' : " , ' 4 ' : " } ( ; 19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928 ) was a senior officer of the British Army . During the First World War he commanded the British Expeditionary Force ( BEF ) on the Western Front from late 1915 until the end of the war . He was commander during the Battle of the Somme , the battle with one of the highest casualties in British military history , the Third Battle of Ypres , the German Spring Offensive , and the Hundred Days Offensive , which led to the armistice of 11 November 1918 . [PAR] [TLE] Earl Haig Memorial [ SEP ] The Earl Haig Memorial is a bronze equestrian statue of the British Western Front commander Douglas Haig , 1st Earl Haig on Whitehall in Westminster . It was created by the sculptor Alfred Frank Hardiman and commissioned by Parliament in 1928 . Eight years in the making , it aroused considerable controversy , the Field Marshal 's riding position , his uniform , the anatomy and stance of the horse all drawing harsh criticism . The inscription on the statue base reads ' Field Marshal Earl Haig Commander - in - Chief of the British Armies in France 1915–1918 ' .
Was the honoree of the Earl Haig memorial a junior or senior officer of the British Army?
Was the honoree of the Earl Haig memorial a junior or senior officer of the British Army ?
senior officer
senior officer