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The Haig Statue Restoration Ceremony in Montreuil-sur-Mer, on 18 June 2022. First World War G.H.Q.

July 20, 2022 by Ed Goodson

The restored statue was formally presented to the public in a moving ceremony.

Standing in the beautiful, peaceful town of Montreuil-sur-Mer in front of the theatre, is the equestrian statue of Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig. It was home to his WW1 G.H.Q. from March 1916 to April 2019.

The original statue, by the world famous sculptor, Paul Landowski, was paid for entirely through public subscription and the generosity of the French veterans. The campaign was organised in the 1920s by French Veterans’ Associations, in recognition of the crucial contribution of a WW1 army consisting of British and Empire troops in winning the war.
Haig is the only British military figure to be commemorated in France with an equestrian statue.

Thanks to Morgane Quere and her great team for their amazing work on the video.

Sir Frank Fox’s G.H.Q., first published in 1920 and now reissued in a limited edition by his great-grandson, Dr. Charles Goodson- Wickes is an absorb­ing study of Haig’s chateau-HQ at Montreuil-sur-Mer. Fox paints a vivid picture of the comprehensive com­plexity of the British Ex­peditionary Force, with organisational dia­grams, statistics and vi­gnettes of day-to-day life.
Buy G.H.Q. by Sir Frank Fox: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0992890128/ #ww1

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The King´s Pilgrimage WW1 In May 1922, King George V took a very small party to visit the opening of military cemeteries in Belgium and France which culminated in Etaples. Sir Frank Fox was invited to join them and wrote an evocative account (“The King’s Pilgrimage”) accompanied by unposed photographs and an introductory verse by Rudyard Kipling. This Limited Edition hardback book has been made available to commemorate the 100-year Anniversary of the Pilgrimage and Fox´s great-grandson Dr. Charles Goodson-Wickes, a veteran of the First Gulf War himself, contributes a new introduction to the book https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kings-Pilgrimage.../dp/0992890160/

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