David Haig-Thomas
Military Person
1908 – 1944
Who was David Haig-Thomas?
David Haig-Thomas was a British ornithologist, explorer and rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics. He was an army commando during the Second World War, and was killed in action during the Normandy Landings.
Haig-Thomas was born in London and educated at Eton College and St John's College, Cambridge. In 1930, 1931 and 1932 he was bowman of the winning Cambridge boats in the Boat Race. He was also bow of the eight that came fourth rowing for Great Britain at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
In 1933 he went on an expedition to Abyssinia with his school contemporary Wilfred Thesiger to trace the route of the Awash River. In 1934, he was the ornithologist on the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition which was organised by Edward Shackleton with the main purpose of exploring northern Ellesmere Island and to map its coastline. The expedition was led by Gordon Noel Humphreys who was head surveyor. Other members of the expedition were Shackleton, photographer and biologist A. W. Moore, H. W. Stallworthy of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and geologist R. Bentham.
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