Ian Daglish
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Redhill, Surrey
Ian Daglish | |
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| Born | July 2, 1952 Redhill, Surrey |
| Died | July 31, 2011 (aged 59) Eccles, Salford |
| Occupation | Historian, author, game designer |
| Genre | British military history |
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Ian Daglish (2 July 1952 – 31 July 2011) was a British military historian who specialised in writing on the British Army in the Battle of Normandy.
Ian Daglish was born in Redhill, Surrey in 1952 and lived briefly in the United States from the age of eight. At the age of ten he saw the film The Longest Day at a cinema in Providence, Rhode Island, which proved to be a formative experience. He later returned to the UK and studied history at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he won the Bowen Prize for an essay on putative Napoleonic invasions of England.[1]
Historian
Game Designer
He has also contributed to several wargames including many Advanced Squad Leader game products.[3]
Aviator
Daglish was a pilot of light aircraft. Daglish died after the Piper PA-38 Tomahawk he was piloting crashed near City Airport Manchester on 29 July 2011. He was survived by a wife, two teenage daughters, and a brother.[4]