![]() Haig-Brown while with
Old Carthusians in 1903 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alan Roderick Haig-Brown [1] | ||
Date of birth | 6 September 1877 | ||
Place of birth | Godalming, England | ||
Date of death | 25 March 1918[2] | (aged 40)||
Place of death | near Bapaume, France [3] | ||
Position(s) | Outside right | ||
Youth career | |||
1895–1896 | Charterhouse School | ||
1896–1899 | Cambridge University | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
–1900 | Godalming | ||
Old Carthusians | |||
–1901 | Corinthian | ||
1901–1903 | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 | |
1903 | Old Carthusians | ||
1903 | Clapton Orient | ||
1903–1906 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
Worthing | |||
Shoreham | |||
1906 | Clapton Orient | 4 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alan Roderick Haig-Brown DSO (6 September 1877 – 25 March 1918) was a British Army officer and author who served as commander of the Lancing Officers' Training Corps and later fought in the First World War. [4] [5] He was also an amateur football outside right and played in the Football League for Clapton Orient. [1]
Haig-Brown was the son of William Haig Brown, headmaster of Charterhouse School, where he was born on 6 September 1877. [3] His elder sister was the headteacher Rosalind Brown. [6] After attending the Dragon School and Charterhouse School, Haig-Brown matriculated at Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1896 and graduated with a B.A. in Classical Tripos in 1899. [3] He was awarded a blue in 1898 and 1899. [3] In 1899, Haig-Brown was appointed Assistant Master at Lancing College. [3] [7]
Haig-Brown's army career began at Lancing College in 1906, as a lieutenant in the Lancing Officers' Training Corps and by the end of the year, he had been promoted to captain. [3] In 1908, his commission was transferred to the Territorial Army. [3] Haig-Brown commanded the Lancing Officers' Training Corps until 1915, by which time the British Army was fighting in the First World War. [3] On 1 January 1916, he was transferred to the 23rd Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment on 1 January 1916, promoted to major and appointed second-in-command of the battalion. [3] Haig-Brown was appointed a temporary lieutenant colonel in September 1916 and given command of the battalion. [3]
Haig-Brown saw active service on the Western and Italian fronts between 1916 and 1918, was mentioned in dispatches twice and awarded the Distinguished Service Order. [3] He was killed by machine-gun fire whilst conducting a rear guard action on the Bapaume- Sapignies road, France on 25 March 1918, the first day of the German spring offensive. [3] Haig-Brown was buried Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension. [2]
Haig-Brown authored three books, Sporting Sonnets: And Other Verses (1903), My Game Book (1913) and The O. T. C. and the Great War (1915). [3]
Haig-Brown had a wife, a son ( Roderick Haig-Brown) and two daughters. [3]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Tottenham Hotspur | 1901–02 [8] | Southern League First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1902–03 [8] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Career total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
![]() Haig-Brown while with
Old Carthusians in 1903 | |||
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Alan Roderick Haig-Brown [1] | ||
Date of birth | 6 September 1877 | ||
Place of birth | Godalming, England | ||
Date of death | 25 March 1918[2] | (aged 40)||
Place of death | near Bapaume, France [3] | ||
Position(s) | Outside right | ||
Youth career | |||
1895–1896 | Charterhouse School | ||
1896–1899 | Cambridge University | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
–1900 | Godalming | ||
Old Carthusians | |||
–1901 | Corinthian | ||
1901–1903 | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 | |
1903 | Old Carthusians | ||
1903 | Clapton Orient | ||
1903–1906 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
Worthing | |||
Shoreham | |||
1906 | Clapton Orient | 4 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alan Roderick Haig-Brown DSO (6 September 1877 – 25 March 1918) was a British Army officer and author who served as commander of the Lancing Officers' Training Corps and later fought in the First World War. [4] [5] He was also an amateur football outside right and played in the Football League for Clapton Orient. [1]
Haig-Brown was the son of William Haig Brown, headmaster of Charterhouse School, where he was born on 6 September 1877. [3] His elder sister was the headteacher Rosalind Brown. [6] After attending the Dragon School and Charterhouse School, Haig-Brown matriculated at Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1896 and graduated with a B.A. in Classical Tripos in 1899. [3] He was awarded a blue in 1898 and 1899. [3] In 1899, Haig-Brown was appointed Assistant Master at Lancing College. [3] [7]
Haig-Brown's army career began at Lancing College in 1906, as a lieutenant in the Lancing Officers' Training Corps and by the end of the year, he had been promoted to captain. [3] In 1908, his commission was transferred to the Territorial Army. [3] Haig-Brown commanded the Lancing Officers' Training Corps until 1915, by which time the British Army was fighting in the First World War. [3] On 1 January 1916, he was transferred to the 23rd Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment on 1 January 1916, promoted to major and appointed second-in-command of the battalion. [3] Haig-Brown was appointed a temporary lieutenant colonel in September 1916 and given command of the battalion. [3]
Haig-Brown saw active service on the Western and Italian fronts between 1916 and 1918, was mentioned in dispatches twice and awarded the Distinguished Service Order. [3] He was killed by machine-gun fire whilst conducting a rear guard action on the Bapaume- Sapignies road, France on 25 March 1918, the first day of the German spring offensive. [3] Haig-Brown was buried Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension. [2]
Haig-Brown authored three books, Sporting Sonnets: And Other Verses (1903), My Game Book (1913) and The O. T. C. and the Great War (1915). [3]
Haig-Brown had a wife, a son ( Roderick Haig-Brown) and two daughters. [3]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Tottenham Hotspur | 1901–02 [8] | Southern League First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1902–03 [8] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Career total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |