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SSFR - Southend Great War Trail
Name:
Ernest Herman Haig
Service or Civilian:
Royal Engineers
Rank or Occupation:
Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Details:
1867 Hanover Square, London
Location:
Manor House, Shoeburyness
Known Relatives:
Mabel Haig, Wife
Marguerite Haig, Daughter
Christine Haig, Daughter
Death Details:
28th December 1914
Burial Location:
St Andrews Church, South Shoebury
Southend Connection:
Lt Col serving with the Royal Engineers in Shoebury
Story Summary:
Ernest Haig was born in London in 1867. His father Axel Haig was an Artist and he had a brother Harold.
Ernest Haig was a career officer in the Royal Engineers. In 1891 he is listed as a Lieutenant, in 1901 he is a Captain, in 1911 a Major and in 1914 a Lieutenant Colonel.
Ernest married Mabel Blake in Hampshire in 1891 and together they had 2 daughters, Marguerite and Christine.
In the 1911 census Ernest Haig is listed as a Major and the Haig family lived in the Manor House, Shoeburyness - they had 3 servants living with them.
Lt Col Haig died quite early in the war - 28th December 1914.
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