Field Marshal Douglas Haig , 1st Earl Haig , KT GCB OM GCVO KCIE ADC ( 19 June 1861 - 29 January 1928 ) was a British senior officer during World War I . He commanded the British Expeditionary Force ( BEF ) from 1915 to the end of the war .
Field Marshal Douglas Haig , 1st Earl Haig KT GCB OM GCVO KCIE ADC ( born in Edinburgh , Scotland on 19 June 1861 , died in London on 29 January 1928 ) was the senior British Army commander in World War I . He was in charge of the British Expeditionary Force ( BEF ) , from 1915 , to the end of the First World War .