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  • Other Name

    Special Order of the day by Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig GCB, GCVO, KCIB, Commander-in-Chief, British Armies in France, GHQ, 11th June 1917

  • Description

    Special Order of the Day by Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig GCB, GCVO, KCIB, Commander-in-Chief, British Armies in France, GHQ 11th June 1917

    printed on paper; one-sided

    content: telegrams dated 11 June 1917 between King George V and Sir Douglas Haig, conveying the King's congratulations for the operations on Messines Ridge, and Sir Douglas Haig's reply, and published for the information of all ranks

  • Place
    [France]
  • Associated Place

    Messines/Belgium

  • Accession Number
    1941.19
  • Other Id

    W0962.1 (war)

  • Department

    History

    War History

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