Wikipedia

File:Memo from Haig to Macready about Somme attack date 1916.jpg

Original file (4,387 × 5,304 pixels, file size: 4.79 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Description
English: Memorandum from General Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, to the Adjutant General, Lieutenant General Sir Nevil Macready, asking for his view on the most suitable day to begin the Somme offensive.
Date
Source
Image of the exterior main entrance to the Imperial War Museum in London. This photograph Documents.9506 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. Flag of the United Kingdom.
Author Douglas Haig
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Public domain
This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.

This is because it is one of the following:

  1. It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
  2. It was published prior to 1976; or
  3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1976.

HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply)
More information.

See also Copyright and Crown copyright artistic works.

Deutsch ∙ English ∙ Español ∙ français ∙ italiano ∙ Nederlands ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenščina ∙ suomi ∙ Türkçe ∙ македонски ∙ русский ∙ українська ∙ മലയാളം ∙ 한국어 ∙ 日本語 ∙ 简体中文 ∙ 繁體中文 ∙ العربية ∙ +/−

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

inception

22 May 1916Gregorian

exposure time

0.025 second

data size

5,023,094 byte

height

5,304 pixel

width

4,387 pixel

media type

image/jpeg

checksum

903bd91ded2068a1f095ceb84921e5b67835680f

determination method or standard: SHA-1

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current10:53, 21 November 2025Thumbnail for version as of 10:53, 21 November 20254,387 × 5,304 (4.79 MB)Ichlarger
07:24, 24 December 2011Thumbnail for version as of 07:24, 24 December 2011500 × 600 (62 KB)Rcbutcher{{Information |Description={{en|Memorandum from General Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, to the Adjutant General, Lieutenant General Sir Nevil Macready, ask

The following 2 pages use this file:

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.

If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Memo_from_Haig_to_Macready_about_Somme_attack_date_1916.jpg"