Alex Bowers
@bowerswrites.bsky.social
Staff writer for Legion Magazine | Telling Canada's wartime stories | Brit living in N.S., Canada | Married to Annie | http://buymeacoffee.com/alexbowers 🏳️🌈
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Alex Bowers
@bowerswrites.bsky.social
· Jan 24
You can soon pick up a copy of my Legion Magazine special issue on the liberation of the Netherlands!
I put the words on the pages, but so much else goes into making one of these. I'm indeed blessed to have an amazing team behind me.
Pre-order here: shop.legionmagazine.com/product/libe...
I put the words on the pages, but so much else goes into making one of these. I'm indeed blessed to have an amazing team behind me.
Pre-order here: shop.legionmagazine.com/product/libe...
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In 2025, I lost two people to cancer, two people I admired, looked up to, and cared for. A third, my oldest friend, is also living with it. I kindly ask you to support them and indeed everyone who has endured cancer by donating to this campaign.
Thank you.
fundraisemyway.cancer.ca/participants...
Thank you.
fundraisemyway.cancer.ca/participants...
I'm supporting the Canadian Cancer Society!
In trusted partnership with donors and volunteers, we improve the lives of all those affected by cancer through world-class research, transformative advocacy and compassionate support.
fundraisemyway.cancer.ca
December 31, 2025 at 1:29 PM
In 2025, I lost two people to cancer, two people I admired, looked up to, and cared for. A third, my oldest friend, is also living with it. I kindly ask you to support them and indeed everyone who has endured cancer by donating to this campaign.
Thank you.
fundraisemyway.cancer.ca/participants...
Thank you.
fundraisemyway.cancer.ca/participants...
In 2025, I lost two people to cancer, two people I admired, looked up to, and cared for. A third, my oldest friend, is also living with it. I kindly ask you to support them and indeed everyone who has endured cancer by donating to this campaign.
Thank you.
fundraisemyway.cancer.ca/participants...
Thank you.
fundraisemyway.cancer.ca/participants...
I'm supporting the Canadian Cancer Society!
In trusted partnership with donors and volunteers, we improve the lives of all those affected by cancer through world-class research, transformative advocacy and compassionate support.
fundraisemyway.cancer.ca
December 31, 2025 at 1:29 PM
In 2025, I lost two people to cancer, two people I admired, looked up to, and cared for. A third, my oldest friend, is also living with it. I kindly ask you to support them and indeed everyone who has endured cancer by donating to this campaign.
Thank you.
fundraisemyway.cancer.ca/participants...
Thank you.
fundraisemyway.cancer.ca/participants...
George Beardshaw, 102, is the last known British Home Child. In 1938, he was sent to a Canadian household that mistreated him. Despite this, he still served his adopted nation in WWII. Read his tale in my Legion Magazine article.
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📸 St. Joseph’s Health Care London
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📸 St. Joseph’s Health Care London
December 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
George Beardshaw, 102, is the last known British Home Child. In 1938, he was sent to a Canadian household that mistreated him. Despite this, he still served his adopted nation in WWII. Read his tale in my Legion Magazine article.
legionmagazine.com/a-ww-ii-rifl...
📸 St. Joseph’s Health Care London
legionmagazine.com/a-ww-ii-rifl...
📸 St. Joseph’s Health Care London
My latest Legion Magazine feature, "God rest ye weary gentlemen," is now online, detailing four Canadian Christmases during the Second World War. Please consider sharing widely as I'm particularly proud of it!
📸 CWM/20020045-2726
legionmagazine.com/god-rest-ye-...
📸 CWM/20020045-2726
legionmagazine.com/god-rest-ye-...
December 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
My latest Legion Magazine feature, "God rest ye weary gentlemen," is now online, detailing four Canadian Christmases during the Second World War. Please consider sharing widely as I'm particularly proud of it!
📸 CWM/20020045-2726
legionmagazine.com/god-rest-ye-...
📸 CWM/20020045-2726
legionmagazine.com/god-rest-ye-...
My latest Legion Magazine story is a special one, an interview with 102-year-old Canadian WW II veteran George Beardshaw. Originally from Yorkshire, U.K., he is also thought to be the last living Home Child.
Thank you, sir, for your time - and service.
legionmagazine.com/a-ww-ii-rifl...
Thank you, sir, for your time - and service.
legionmagazine.com/a-ww-ii-rifl...
December 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
My latest Legion Magazine story is a special one, an interview with 102-year-old Canadian WW II veteran George Beardshaw. Originally from Yorkshire, U.K., he is also thought to be the last living Home Child.
Thank you, sir, for your time - and service.
legionmagazine.com/a-ww-ii-rifl...
Thank you, sir, for your time - and service.
legionmagazine.com/a-ww-ii-rifl...
Reposted by Alex Bowers
My new Legion Magazine story, "God rest ye weary gentlemen," is now online, highlighting four Christmases of WW II. From Hong Kong to Ortona to the skies above Germany, Canadians sought festive cheer wherever they could. Some even found it.
legionmagazine.com/god-rest-ye-...
📸 CWM/20020045-2726
legionmagazine.com/god-rest-ye-...
📸 CWM/20020045-2726
December 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
My new Legion Magazine story, "God rest ye weary gentlemen," is now online, highlighting four Christmases of WW II. From Hong Kong to Ortona to the skies above Germany, Canadians sought festive cheer wherever they could. Some even found it.
legionmagazine.com/god-rest-ye-...
📸 CWM/20020045-2726
legionmagazine.com/god-rest-ye-...
📸 CWM/20020045-2726
My new Legion Magazine story, "God rest ye weary gentlemen," is now online, highlighting four Christmases of WW II. From Hong Kong to Ortona to the skies above Germany, Canadians sought festive cheer wherever they could. Some even found it.
legionmagazine.com/god-rest-ye-...
📸 CWM/20020045-2726
legionmagazine.com/god-rest-ye-...
📸 CWM/20020045-2726
December 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
My new Legion Magazine story, "God rest ye weary gentlemen," is now online, highlighting four Christmases of WW II. From Hong Kong to Ortona to the skies above Germany, Canadians sought festive cheer wherever they could. Some even found it.
legionmagazine.com/god-rest-ye-...
📸 CWM/20020045-2726
legionmagazine.com/god-rest-ye-...
📸 CWM/20020045-2726
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Just read Mark Stille’s recent book on Pearl Harbor that exams in detail the background, planning, attacks & aftermath of the attack.This excellent book also looks at the culpability of senior officers & acts to dispel the many myths that surround this event. Highly recommended. #HistoryBookChat
December 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Just read Mark Stille’s recent book on Pearl Harbor that exams in detail the background, planning, attacks & aftermath of the attack.This excellent book also looks at the culpability of senior officers & acts to dispel the many myths that surround this event. Highly recommended. #HistoryBookChat
On Dec. 19, 1941 - 84 years ago today - Sergeant-Major John Osborn, serving with the Winnipeg Grenadiers, sacrificed his life to save his men amid the Battle of Hong Kong. For his actions, he earned the Victoria Cross.
Here is my Legion Magazine story on him.
legionmagazine.com/remembering-...
Here is my Legion Magazine story on him.
legionmagazine.com/remembering-...
Remembering John Osborn, V.C. - Legion Magazine
By Dec. 19, 1941, the Battle of Hong Kong had been raging for well over 10 days. The Canadians of ‘C’ Force, together with troops from the British Army, British Indian Army and the Hong Kong Volunteer...
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December 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
On Dec. 19, 1941 - 84 years ago today - Sergeant-Major John Osborn, serving with the Winnipeg Grenadiers, sacrificed his life to save his men amid the Battle of Hong Kong. For his actions, he earned the Victoria Cross.
Here is my Legion Magazine story on him.
legionmagazine.com/remembering-...
Here is my Legion Magazine story on him.
legionmagazine.com/remembering-...
In my latest Legion Magazine story, I explore the Australian-Canadian wartime bond with Australian War Memorial historian Karl James. From Sudan and Gallipoli to Germany, Kapyong and beyond, both nations have long served side by side.
legionmagazine.com/historian-ka...
📸 Australian War Memorial
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📸 Australian War Memorial
December 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
In my latest Legion Magazine story, I explore the Australian-Canadian wartime bond with Australian War Memorial historian Karl James. From Sudan and Gallipoli to Germany, Kapyong and beyond, both nations have long served side by side.
legionmagazine.com/historian-ka...
📸 Australian War Memorial
legionmagazine.com/historian-ka...
📸 Australian War Memorial
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In my latest Legion Magazine story, I showcase Suzuki's Sword. George Suzuki was a Japanese Canadian serving with British intelligence in Southeast Asia in 1945. He took a captured Japanese katana as a souviner, but later returned it to its former owner in 1967.
legionmagazine.com/suzukis-sword/
legionmagazine.com/suzukis-sword/
December 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In my latest Legion Magazine story, I showcase Suzuki's Sword. George Suzuki was a Japanese Canadian serving with British intelligence in Southeast Asia in 1945. He took a captured Japanese katana as a souviner, but later returned it to its former owner in 1967.
legionmagazine.com/suzukis-sword/
legionmagazine.com/suzukis-sword/
In my latest Legion Magazine story, I showcase Suzuki's Sword. George Suzuki was a Japanese Canadian serving with British intelligence in Southeast Asia in 1945. He took a captured Japanese katana as a souviner, but later returned it to its former owner in 1967.
legionmagazine.com/suzukis-sword/
legionmagazine.com/suzukis-sword/
December 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In my latest Legion Magazine story, I showcase Suzuki's Sword. George Suzuki was a Japanese Canadian serving with British intelligence in Southeast Asia in 1945. He took a captured Japanese katana as a souviner, but later returned it to its former owner in 1967.
legionmagazine.com/suzukis-sword/
legionmagazine.com/suzukis-sword/
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It's not every day that the Norwegian Embassy in Canada sends you an assortment of tributes to Fern Blodgett Sunde, the first Canadian woman to serve as a seafaring wireless operator in WW II. I'm particularly happy with my new, beautiful book. Thank you, Jan-Terje Storaas!
December 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
It's not every day that the Norwegian Embassy in Canada sends you an assortment of tributes to Fern Blodgett Sunde, the first Canadian woman to serve as a seafaring wireless operator in WW II. I'm particularly happy with my new, beautiful book. Thank you, Jan-Terje Storaas!
It's not every day that the Norwegian Embassy in Canada sends you an assortment of tributes to Fern Blodgett Sunde, the first Canadian woman to serve as a seafaring wireless operator in WW II. I'm particularly happy with my new, beautiful book. Thank you, Jan-Terje Storaas!
December 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
It's not every day that the Norwegian Embassy in Canada sends you an assortment of tributes to Fern Blodgett Sunde, the first Canadian woman to serve as a seafaring wireless operator in WW II. I'm particularly happy with my new, beautiful book. Thank you, Jan-Terje Storaas!
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🧵(1/5) It feels strange promoting my work without my dear departed colleague, Stephen J. Thorne, being here, but I know he'd want life to continue - and, I hope, for me to continue highlighting Canada's wartime stories.
Here are my latest Legion Magazine in-print articles.
Here are my latest Legion Magazine in-print articles.
December 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
🧵(1/5) It feels strange promoting my work without my dear departed colleague, Stephen J. Thorne, being here, but I know he'd want life to continue - and, I hope, for me to continue highlighting Canada's wartime stories.
Here are my latest Legion Magazine in-print articles.
Here are my latest Legion Magazine in-print articles.
🧵(1/5) It feels strange promoting my work without my dear departed colleague, Stephen J. Thorne, being here, but I know he'd want life to continue - and, I hope, for me to continue highlighting Canada's wartime stories.
Here are my latest Legion Magazine in-print articles.
Here are my latest Legion Magazine in-print articles.
December 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
🧵(1/5) It feels strange promoting my work without my dear departed colleague, Stephen J. Thorne, being here, but I know he'd want life to continue - and, I hope, for me to continue highlighting Canada's wartime stories.
Here are my latest Legion Magazine in-print articles.
Here are my latest Legion Magazine in-print articles.
Reposted by Alex Bowers
In my latest Legion Magazine article, I speak to historian Allan Levine about how Canada’s business leaders helped win WW II. His new book is "The Dollar a Year Men," published by Barlow Books.
legionmagazine.com/historian-al...
📸 Courtesy Allan Levine
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📸 Courtesy Allan Levine
December 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
In my latest Legion Magazine article, I speak to historian Allan Levine about how Canada’s business leaders helped win WW II. His new book is "The Dollar a Year Men," published by Barlow Books.
legionmagazine.com/historian-al...
📸 Courtesy Allan Levine
legionmagazine.com/historian-al...
📸 Courtesy Allan Levine
In my latest Legion Magazine article, I speak to historian Allan Levine about how Canada’s business leaders helped win WW II. His new book is "The Dollar a Year Men," published by Barlow Books.
legionmagazine.com/historian-al...
📸 Courtesy Allan Levine
legionmagazine.com/historian-al...
📸 Courtesy Allan Levine
December 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
In my latest Legion Magazine article, I speak to historian Allan Levine about how Canada’s business leaders helped win WW II. His new book is "The Dollar a Year Men," published by Barlow Books.
legionmagazine.com/historian-al...
📸 Courtesy Allan Levine
legionmagazine.com/historian-al...
📸 Courtesy Allan Levine
My Legion Magazine editor, Aaron Kylie, has written a beautiful tribute to our dear departed friend and colleague, Stephen J. Thorne.
Miss you already, Stephen, and thank you for everything.
legionmagazine.com/remembering-...
Miss you already, Stephen, and thank you for everything.
legionmagazine.com/remembering-...
Remembering Stephen J. Thorne - Legion Magazine
“Stephen?” “No, I’m Aaron,” I responded to the question from a Legionnaire at a hotel in Saskatoon in September 2025. But I understood the confusion. After all, Legion Magazine’s senior staff write...
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December 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
My Legion Magazine editor, Aaron Kylie, has written a beautiful tribute to our dear departed friend and colleague, Stephen J. Thorne.
Miss you already, Stephen, and thank you for everything.
legionmagazine.com/remembering-...
Miss you already, Stephen, and thank you for everything.
legionmagazine.com/remembering-...
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British Major-General Hugh Tudor, a once-hero of WW I, later commanded the ruthless Black and Tans, among other forces, in the Irish War of Independence. His story ended in Newfoundland.
Read more in my new Legion Magazine article.
📸 Burning of Cork (Wiki)
legionmagazine.com/author-and-j...
Read more in my new Legion Magazine article.
📸 Burning of Cork (Wiki)
legionmagazine.com/author-and-j...
December 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
British Major-General Hugh Tudor, a once-hero of WW I, later commanded the ruthless Black and Tans, among other forces, in the Irish War of Independence. His story ended in Newfoundland.
Read more in my new Legion Magazine article.
📸 Burning of Cork (Wiki)
legionmagazine.com/author-and-j...
Read more in my new Legion Magazine article.
📸 Burning of Cork (Wiki)
legionmagazine.com/author-and-j...
British Major-General Hugh Tudor, a once-hero of WW I, later commanded the ruthless Black and Tans, among other forces, in the Irish War of Independence. His story ended in Newfoundland.
Read more in my new Legion Magazine article.
📸 Burning of Cork (Wiki)
legionmagazine.com/author-and-j...
Read more in my new Legion Magazine article.
📸 Burning of Cork (Wiki)
legionmagazine.com/author-and-j...
December 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
British Major-General Hugh Tudor, a once-hero of WW I, later commanded the ruthless Black and Tans, among other forces, in the Irish War of Independence. His story ended in Newfoundland.
Read more in my new Legion Magazine article.
📸 Burning of Cork (Wiki)
legionmagazine.com/author-and-j...
Read more in my new Legion Magazine article.
📸 Burning of Cork (Wiki)
legionmagazine.com/author-and-j...
Tomorrow at 2 p.m. EST, I'll be making my debut appearance on @ww2tv.bsky.social, alongside other guests, to pay tribute to the late, great Dr. Tim Cook of the Canadian War Museum. I wouldn't be where I am now, telling Canada's wartime stories, without him.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lioh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lioh...
Tim Cook: A Titan of History - A Tribute Show
YouTube video by WW2TV
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November 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Tomorrow at 2 p.m. EST, I'll be making my debut appearance on @ww2tv.bsky.social, alongside other guests, to pay tribute to the late, great Dr. Tim Cook of the Canadian War Museum. I wouldn't be where I am now, telling Canada's wartime stories, without him.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lioh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lioh...
Canadian Private George Lawrence Price, 25, died at 10:58 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918 - two minutes before the end of hostilities in the Great War. For my latest Legion Magazine article, I spoke to Canadian War Museum historian Teresa Iacobelli about his final moments.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Canadian Private George Lawrence Price, 25, died at 10:58 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918 - two minutes before the end of hostilities in the Great War. For my latest Legion Magazine article, I spoke to Canadian War Museum historian Teresa Iacobelli about his final moments.
legionmagazine.com/historian-te...
legionmagazine.com/historian-te...
Records have it - at least currently - that 381 Canadians died in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. However, in my latest Legion Magazine interview with historian @seaspitfires.com - the second of two parts - he argues that there could be 382.
📸 Stephen Fisher.
legionmagazine.com/the-canadian...
📸 Stephen Fisher.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Records have it - at least currently - that 381 Canadians died in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. However, in my latest Legion Magazine interview with historian @seaspitfires.com - the second of two parts - he argues that there could be 382.
📸 Stephen Fisher.
legionmagazine.com/the-canadian...
📸 Stephen Fisher.
legionmagazine.com/the-canadian...
November 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM