Skipman Posted 16 November , 2012 Share Posted 16 November , 2012 I know it's just wiki, but is there any truth in Click" The force was commanded by Field Marshal Sir John French until December 1915, when he was replaced by General Sir Douglas Haig.Haig had previously been expelled from Clifton College for 'enjoying seeing others in pain'. "I did a search, but only came up with ClickMike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 16 November , 2012 Share Posted 16 November , 2012 I suspect GAC will be along to confirm or otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 16 November , 2012 Share Posted 16 November , 2012 I suspect GAC will be along to confirm or otherwise. Thanks Steven, I hope so. I can't find any other reference to it so far, and I would have thought, if true, it would have been mentioned here before. Perhaps someone is mixing Haig and Cleese up? Funnily enough, an anagram of Haig and Cleese is hee lies gac Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 16 November , 2012 Share Posted 16 November , 2012 From "Clifton college register; a list of Cliftonians from September, 1862, to July 1887" Jan. 1877.] CLIFTON COLLEGE REGISTER. 205 Haig, D. Son of J. Haig, Catneronbridge, Windjgates, Fife. (School House. Class. IY/8— YyS ; Cap; left April, 1879. Brasenose Coll., Oxford. R.M.C., Sand- hurst (Passed out 1st). Lieut. Queen's Own Hussars.) Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithmroberts Posted 16 November , 2012 Share Posted 16 November , 2012 There's nothing in Mead or Sheffield to support the allegation. The other books that I have relating to Haig do not address his schooldays. It would be very surprising if such an event had been suppressed successfully for a century. Keith Edit There is no quoted source for the comment, and what little i have read lends no support whatsoever. I suspect its one of those wiki things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Armstrong Custer Posted 16 November , 2012 Share Posted 16 November , 2012 Having had my attention drawn to this by Broomers, I can confirm that Wikipedia has once again astounded me with their uncanny ability to unearth historical facts which mainstream historians have either missed or suppressed. This incident is the notorious case when Haig had two of his fags roast young Tom Brown in front of the fireplace in his room. Mind you, Brown had it coming to him, after the little oik refused to hand over a winning sweepstake ticket when Douggie demanded it from him. But the perverse pleasure which Haig apparently took in watching Brown's punishment was what got him expelled, and with hindsight is probably an early sign of the pleasure he took in sending millions of working-class dupes and their talking horses to painful deaths in France and Flanders years later. Incidentally, the Wiki reference also resolves the mystery of where all the Lions led by Donkeys trolls who used to haunt forums like this have gone - they edit Wiki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 16 November , 2012 Share Posted 16 November , 2012 I knew he was a 'bad'un' and this just proves it. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin spof Posted 16 November , 2012 Admin Share Posted 16 November , 2012 I knew he was a 'bad'un' and this just proves it. Mike I'll say. Demanding money (or sweepstake tickets) with menaces. Lock him up and throw away the key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Tom Posted 16 November , 2012 Share Posted 16 November , 2012 You guys are easily amused. Old Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry_Reeves Posted 16 November , 2012 Share Posted 16 November , 2012 I think they have got confused with BL Montgomery who found himself in serious trouble at Sandhurst for setting fire to the shirt tails of a fellow cadet, seriously burning him. An easy mistake to make of course, the names are similar. TR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted 16 November , 2012 Share Posted 16 November , 2012 Excellent GAC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 16 November , 2012 Share Posted 16 November , 2012 . An easy mistake to make of course, the names are similar. TR Indeed, very similar. They will probably just leave it as Haig though. It will be such a hassle to change it. All trying to change the Lions led by donkeys image have their work cut out. Click Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Armstrong Custer Posted 16 November , 2012 Share Posted 16 November , 2012 Superb find, Mike - a classic of the genre. The bit that made me laugh most was at the end, where the author, Pearldiver, puts '© Copyright 2010 - 2012 Pearldiver nzpol with all rights reserved.' As if anyone would want to steal and pass off as their own Peraldiver's fact-free semi-literate drivel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 16 November , 2012 Share Posted 16 November , 2012 You're welcome George. I noticed this " thank you for reading this and taking the time to leave a comment. I am sure that Haig and several others like him, would have been rejected from hell and directed to a far lower place. Sadly, so many real people were expended to justify his trip. Many of his acts remain today sealed still as Secret. They are due to be opened after 2015... so I am sure for many, the horrors will be once again relived, as the public finally get to see the true extent of the crimes. You Take Care.. don't forget. " Do you know if there are indeed many documents to be released in 2015. I assume if there are, they are as likely to be as useful to you, as 'perildrivel' Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Armstrong Custer Posted 16 November , 2012 Share Posted 16 November , 2012 Yes, that is one of Pearldiver's pearls of wisdom, Mike, and like him I can hardly wait for the 2015 release of the top secret dossier on Haig's expulsion from Clifton for beasting Tom Brown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 16 November , 2012 Share Posted 16 November , 2012 Yes, that is one of Pearldiver's pearls of wisdom, Mike, and like him I can hardly wait for the 2015 release of the top secret dossier on Haig's expulsion from Clifton for beasting Tom Brown. Can't wait. (I think pearly is from Oz?) One more Click Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Armstrong Custer Posted 16 November , 2012 Share Posted 16 November , 2012 Classic. The author of that gem is clearly the senior staff writer behind the Daily Express' campaign to melt down Haig the murderer's statue in Whitehall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 16 November , 2012 Share Posted 16 November , 2012 I'm sure I could find, and post more, but you probably have better things to do. Right? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimSmithson Posted 16 November , 2012 Share Posted 16 November , 2012 That was fun. Thanks Mike. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 16 November , 2012 Share Posted 16 November , 2012 That was fun. Thanks Mike. Jim Nae bother Jim. Just to show it's not all bad Click Nice pic of Arras. I wonder where these photos came from? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Filsell Posted 16 November , 2012 Share Posted 16 November , 2012 My family tells me Lloyd George knew my father. It's not eally relevant, but I though you should all know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithmroberts Posted 16 November , 2012 Share Posted 16 November , 2012 So long as he didn't know your mother................................... keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 16 November , 2012 Share Posted 16 November , 2012 I'd argue with George (well, to be fair, he argues with everyone) about pearldriver work. It's far from semi-literate. It's totally illiterate. I'm surorised they missed the slight unpleasantness about the takings from the original Haig Fund. Remind me where the money for Bemersyde came from ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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