Alan Roderick Haig-Brown | Service Record


SurnameHaig-Brown
First Name(s)Alan Roderick
Place of BirthGodalming
Club(s)Brighton & Hove Albion
Clapton Orient
Tottenham Hotspur
ServiceBritish Army
RankLieutenant Colonel
Service Number-
Previous Service Number(s)-
Regiment or CorpsDuke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)
Unit(s)23rd (Service) Battalion (2nd Football)
Previous Regiment(s) or Corps-
Unit(s)-
Type of Casualty (If applicable)Killed in Action
Theatre of War (If applicable)Western European Theatre
Date of Death (If applicable)25/03/1918
Place of Death (If applicable)France and Flanders
Place of Burial/Commemoration (If applicable)Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension
Grave/Memorial Reference (If applicable)IV. D. 3.
Grave PhotographView
Awards and DecorationsMention in Despatches
Distinguished Service Order
Citation(s)Mentioned in Despatches: Haig-Brown, Temp. Lt.-Col. A. R. (Capt., Unattached List, T.F.). (The London Gazette, Supplement 30093, 25 May 1917.)

Distinguished Service Order: Temp. Col. Alan Roderick Haig-Brown,
Unattd. List (comdg. Bn., Midd'x R.). (The London Gazette, Supplement 30111, 01 June 1917.)
Supplementary NotesCommanding Officer, Lancing College Officer Training Corps 1906-15.
Transferred from Territorial Force Unattached List to 23/Middlesex 01/01/1916.
Appointed Commanding Officer 23/Middlesex 16/09/1916.
Son of the late Rev. Canon Haig-Brown, Master of Charterhouse; husband of Violet Mary Haig-Brown.