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 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 (aged 40)[2] | ||
| 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 | |||
Early life edit
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]
Army career edit
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]
Author edit
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]
Personal life edit
Haig-Brown had a wife, a son (Roderick Haig-Brown) and two daughters.[3]
Career statistics edit
| 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 | ||
References edit
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 121. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Lancing College War Memorial". www.hambo.org. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ^ "Stratton Dorset". www.strattondorset.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ^ Goodwin, Bob (16 August 2017). The Spurs Alphabet. Lulu.com. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-9540434-2-1.
- ^ "Brown, Rosalind Mabel Haig (1872–1964)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48693. Retrieved 26 July 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Brown or Haig-Brown, Alan Roderick (BRWN896AR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b "Alan Haig-Brown". 11v11.com. Retrieved 21 January 2017.