Philip A. Haigh

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Philip A. Haigh
Born
Philip Andrew Haigh

(1964-10-05) 5 October 1964 (age 61)
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
OccupationTV presenter
Years active1995–present
SpousesSarah Louise Claxton (1990–2022), Debra-Jane Higginson (2024-Present)

Philip Andrew Haigh (born 5 October 1964) is a British I.T. Professional, TV presenter and writer of non-fiction military history books, mostly on the subject of the Wars of the Roses and local history associated with Robin Hood's Bay. In recent years he has taken to writing military fiction works based on characters and events from World War II.

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Early life and education

Haigh was born in Birkby, Huddersfield in West Yorkshire in October 1964. The youngest of three children born to William and Sylvia Haigh (both now deceased), he was later educated at John Smeaton Community College in East Leeds where he was chosen to both represent the school and West Yorkshire in a number of track and field events, including the 200 and 1500 meter's – as well as 'Cross Country'. [1]

Later life

In 1980, Haigh commenced a career in retail, working for major UK based supermarket chains such as Morrisons and Asda Stores. He entered Asda's retail management training program in June 1984 and undertook a number of junior then senior roles within store operations, before finally taking up a central role at Asda's head office in Leeds in 1994. [2]

It was during this time that he commenced his academic writing. In 1998, Haigh left Asda to pursue an I.T. career working in service management and program management for 'blue chip' I.T. organisations such as IBM, Capgemini, Sun Microsystems and Computacenter, before working as an independent I.T. consultant specialising in strategic outsourcing and managing large scale transformational business change programs. [3]

In 1999, Haigh founded the Yorkshire Battlefields Society, but after building close links with the Battlefields Trust, the society merged with the trust in 2002. At this time, Haigh became a trustee of the Battlefields Trust and editor of the trusts' journal 'Battlefield' – which was formally the Yorkshire Battlefields Society's quarterly magazine. [4]

Haigh has two children from his first marriage (a son Lewis, and a daughter Charlotte). A keen yachtsman, scuba diver and mountain climber (having climbed in the Alps with Kenton Cool), he currently resides in Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire, where he also serves as a Magistrate. [5]

Publications

Haigh retains a wide following of loyal readers. Most of his works are to do with the subject of the Wars of the Roses, although in recent years he has turned to writing works of fiction and material associated with the history of Robin Hood's Bay where he currently resides. The titles are as follows:-

Non-fiction Military

Non-fiction Local History

Fiction

[ citation needed ]

TV appearances

As well as featuring in a number of BBC and ITV 'news programmes', Haigh has also appeared in a number of other history related TV documentaries:-

Notes

  1. ↑ Philip Haigh, Biographical details taken from the jacket cover of both the 'Military Campaigns of the Wars of the Roses', and also 'The Battle of Wakefield 1460'. Both Alan Sutton Publishing
  2. ↑ Philip Haigh, Details taken from a television interview aired on Yorkshire Television's 'Calendar' program broadcast in August 1997. Copies are available direct from Y.T.V
  3. ↑ Philip Haigh, I.T. career details taken from Haigh's Linkedin web page
  4. ↑ Battlefields Trust Quarterly Newsletter, Details of the Battlefields Trust 'journal'
  5. ↑ Yorkshire Evening Post, Magistrate appointments as detailed in the Yorkshire Evening Post in November 2008
  6. ↑ Book Details, ISBN   0-7509-0904-8 ISBN   978-0750909044
  7. ↑ Book Details, ISBN   0-7509-1342-8, ISBN   978-0-7509-1342-3
  8. ↑ Book Details, ISBN   0-9531213-0-5, ISBN   978-0-9531213-0-4
  9. ↑ Book Details, ISBN   1-85833-770-4 ISBN   978-1858337708
  10. ↑ Book Details, ISBN   0-85052-825-9 ISBN   978-0850528251
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