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(2) C.1001 - Sir Joseph Ward, General Sir Douglas Haig, Mr Massey
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/74545972
Description	In this photograph General Sir Douglas Haig (1861-1928) stands second from the right. Also present are Sir Joseph Ward (1856-1930), member of the New Zealand National Government and ex-Prime Minister, and the Rt. Hon William Massey (1865-1925), Prime Minister at the time (sworn in 12 August 1915). During World War I over 124,000, almost ten per cent of the New Zealand population joined the army. Seventeen thousand were killed. [Original reads: 'Sir Joseph Ward, General Sir Douglas Haig, Mr Massey.']

Form / genre:	Images > Pictures > Photographs > Photographic prints Images > Pictures > Photographs > Portrait photographs
Dates / events:	World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front [Date/event depicted]
Subject / content:	Portraits Officers (military officers) Commanding officers Generals Prime ministers Black-and-white prints (photographs) Propaganda War photography Photojournalism
Person / organisation:	Ward, Joseph, Sir, 1856-1930 [Depicted] Massey, William Ferguson, 1865-1925 [Depicted] Haig, Douglas Haig, Earl, 1861-1928 [Depicted] New Zealanders [Depicted] Brooks, Ernest, British official photographer [Photographer] Haig, Douglas Haig, Earl, 1861-1928 [Former owner]
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Photographs of Haig
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Description	Photographs showing Field Marshall Earl Haig.

Form / genre:	Images > Pictures > Photographs > Portrait photographs
Subject / content:	Portraits
Person / organisation:	Haig, Douglas Haig, Earl, 1861-1928 [Depicted]
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First World War 'Official Photographs'
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Description	Black-and-white photographs mainly of the Western Front during the First World War. Official British war photographers took many of them for propaganda purposes. Unless otherwise stated, titles are the photographs' original captions. From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928). The Haig Papers also contain Douglas Haig’s diaries.
Shelfmark	Acc.3155

Form / genre:	Images > Pictures > Photographs > Photographic prints
Dates / events:	World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front [Date/event depicted]
Subject / content:	War photography Black-and-white prints (photographs) Photojournalism Propaganda
Person / organisation:	Haig, Douglas Haig, Earl, 1861-1928 [Former owner]
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