Ian Daglish (2 July 1952 – 31 July 2011) was a British military historian who specialised in writing on the British Army in the

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Personal life

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

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, where he won the Bowen Prize for an essay on putative Napoleonic invasions of England.

Historian

Daglish published several books regarding the British Army's battles in Normandy, visiting the continent often, as a researcher and tour guide. His status as a historian was recognized by the

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, for whom he gave interviews as a consultant on the subject of military history.

Game Designer

He has also contributed to several wargames including many

Advanced Squad Leader ''Advanced Squad Leader'' (ASL) is a tactical wargames, tactical-level board wargame, originally marketed by Avalon Hill Games, that simulates actions of squad sized units in World War II. It is a detailed game system for two or more players (wi ...

game products.

Aviator

Daglish was a pilot of light aircraft. Daglish died after the

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he was piloting crashed near

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on 29 July 2011. He was survived by a wife, two teenage daughters, and a brother.

Other interests

Daglish was one of the earliest British boardwargamers, and a prolific player and scenario designer for the game

Published works

;Battle Ground Europe series *Operation Bluecoat: The British Armoured Breakout (2003) *Operation Goodwood: The Great Tank Charge (2004) ;Over the Battlefield series *Operation Goodwood (2005) *Operation Epsom (2007) *Operation Bluecoat (2009) ;Stackpole Military History Series *Goodwood: The British Offensive in Normandy, July 1944 (2009) Daglish's books led to the presentation of a paper, by invitation, on the subject of

Operation Bluecoat Operation Bluecoat was a British offensive in the Battle of Normandy, from 30 July until 7 August 1944, during the Second World War. The geographical objectives of the attack, undertaken by VIII Corps and XXX Corps of the British Second Army (L ...

to the international conference ''‘The Normandy Campaign 1944: 60 Years On’'' held at the History and Governance Institute at the

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in the summer of 2004. Another paper entitled ''‘Operation Bluecoat – a victory ignored?’'' was later published with other essays taken from conference papers in ''‘The Normandy Campaign 1944: 60 Years On’'', by Routledge in 2006.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Daglish, Ian 1952 births 2011 deaths British historians British military historians Board game designers Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in England People from Surrey (before 1965) Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge