THE HAIG MEMORIAL
CONTROVERSY ABOUT DESIGN Widow Will Not Attend Unveiling Press Association —Copyright. London June 17. When the national memorial to the late Earl Haig is unveiled in Whitehall toward the end of the year his widow will not be present. .'“I do not like the sltatue,” Lady Haig told the Daily Mail. "The horse is monstrous. They have also depicted my hue band with la. scroll in his hand'. This is ridiculous as he always carried a map. I am sure I am acting as my husband' would Wave wished. He would never have approved of the statue.” Lady Haig’s decision follows eight years’ controversy about the design of the memorial.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 460, 18 June 1937, Page 5
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113THE HAIG MEMORIAL Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 460, 18 June 1937, Page 5
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