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Field Marshall Douglas Haig

Edinburgh 1861 - London 1928
British field marshall
(Wikipedia)

Paul Landowski
Alexis Rudier Fondeur (Paris)
1931

Montreuil-sur-Mer / Field Marshall Douglas Haig

Description

Equestrian statue.

Inscription(s)

1914 – 1918
ce monument a ete eleve
par souscription nationale
a la memoire illustre du
MARECHAL HAIG
en souvenir de la collaboration des
armees britanniques et francaises et en
temoignage de l'amitie franco-britannique.

Signed: paul landowski
Alexis Rudier / Fondeur Paris

Annotation

Upon the death of Douglas Haig in 1928, a subscription was set up by the townsfolk of Montreuil for the purpose of erecting an equestrian statue in memory of the Field Marshal and his penchant for riding through the Montreuil countryside on horseback. And after the removal of the statue during the German occupation in 1940 the people of Montreuil recovered the mould from the sculptor, Paul Landowski, and recast a new one.

Sculptor

Paul-Maximilien Landowski (Paris 1875 - Boulogne-Billancourt 1961), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Remembrance Trails, Northern France, Equestrian statue of Field Marshal Haig - Montreuil-sur-Mer.
Kees van Tilburg, From Marcus Aurelius to Kim Jong-il: The story of equestrian statues throughout the ages (Amstelveen, 2017). – see also the Equestrian statue website.

Locatie (N 50°27'40" - E 1°45'37") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frnp028; Photograph: 26 August 2011
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