Ghee Bowman
@gheebowman.bsky.social
Historian, story-teller, Woodcraft Folk leader, Quaker chaplain at Exeter University.
Writer of 'The Indian Contingent' and 'The Great Epinal Escape'
Writer of 'The Indian Contingent' and 'The Great Epinal Escape'
A good friend found these pages in a book in a street market in Chinatown in Singapore Can anyone identify what they might be, and indeed the language?
February 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A good friend found these pages in a book in a street market in Chinatown in Singapore Can anyone identify what they might be, and indeed the language?
How do I get a film made?
I’ve written a book on a great, unknown story of the Second World War
How do I go about getting that story made into a film?
I’ve written a book on a great, unknown story of the Second World War
How do I go about getting that story made into a film?
January 27, 2025 at 12:11 PM
How do I get a film made?
I’ve written a book on a great, unknown story of the Second World War
How do I go about getting that story made into a film?
I’ve written a book on a great, unknown story of the Second World War
How do I go about getting that story made into a film?
Who has written or studied the history of food in the UK?#History
January 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Who has written or studied the history of food in the UK?#History
It's over there, guv'nor!
Do you like British #films? Like to know more from those who know? Tune in to ‘Hooray for Pinewood’ podcasts – fantastic insights from Matt Diamond and chums
Wherever you find your podcasts
open.spotify.com/show/1e6geaF...
Do you like British #films? Like to know more from those who know? Tune in to ‘Hooray for Pinewood’ podcasts – fantastic insights from Matt Diamond and chums
Wherever you find your podcasts
open.spotify.com/show/1e6geaF...
January 23, 2025 at 9:29 AM
It's over there, guv'nor!
Do you like British #films? Like to know more from those who know? Tune in to ‘Hooray for Pinewood’ podcasts – fantastic insights from Matt Diamond and chums
Wherever you find your podcasts
open.spotify.com/show/1e6geaF...
Do you like British #films? Like to know more from those who know? Tune in to ‘Hooray for Pinewood’ podcasts – fantastic insights from Matt Diamond and chums
Wherever you find your podcasts
open.spotify.com/show/1e6geaF...
Christmas 1941. A card from Jemadar Rattan Singh, Indian POW in Oflag VIB, to Colonel Mcrae in Budleigh Salterton, England,
December 24, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Christmas 1941. A card from Jemadar Rattan Singh, Indian POW in Oflag VIB, to Colonel Mcrae in Budleigh Salterton, England,
Very happy to have received my copy of the book that came out of an excellent conference at the USI in Delhi last year.
December 20, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Very happy to have received my copy of the book that came out of an excellent conference at the USI in Delhi last year.
Walking on the SW Coastpath with my dear wife, despite the strong wind! This is Blackpool Sands
December 13, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Walking on the SW Coastpath with my dear wife, despite the strong wind! This is Blackpool Sands
To find out about Indian POWs in Europe, you can read my book
December 2, 2024 at 6:01 PM
To find out about Indian POWs in Europe, you can read my book
These two are from a YMCA POW logbook belonging to Eric Barrington, deposited at the Imperial War Museum
December 2, 2024 at 6:01 PM
These two are from a YMCA POW logbook belonging to Eric Barrington, deposited at the Imperial War Museum
Here are some interesting photos of Indian POWs in Europe in #WW2.
Credit to @bill1940.bsky.social
This is Stalag IVB Annaburg
Credit to @bill1940.bsky.social
This is Stalag IVB Annaburg
December 2, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Here are some interesting photos of Indian POWs in Europe in #WW2.
Credit to @bill1940.bsky.social
This is Stalag IVB Annaburg
Credit to @bill1940.bsky.social
This is Stalag IVB Annaburg
If you see this, post a knight....
November 29, 2024 at 8:35 AM
If you see this, post a knight....
You can find out more about these men and the thousands of other Indian Army POWs in Europe in my book The Great Épinal Escape published by The History Press
November 26, 2024 at 5:04 PM
You can find out more about these men and the thousands of other Indian Army POWs in Europe in my book The Great Épinal Escape published by The History Press
Next to Barkat Ali lies Jitbahadur Limbu of the 2/7 Gurkhas, captured at Tobruk in '42. He escaped successfully to Switzerland, but died after an accident playing football. His headstone has the distinctive crossed kukris at the top and the Sanskrit inscription ‘I bow to the Lord’.
November 26, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Next to Barkat Ali lies Jitbahadur Limbu of the 2/7 Gurkhas, captured at Tobruk in '42. He escaped successfully to Switzerland, but died after an accident playing football. His headstone has the distinctive crossed kukris at the top and the Sanskrit inscription ‘I bow to the Lord’.
His companion made it safely, but Barkat Ali did not. According to the British embassy in Switzerland he was shot by a German soldier at this edge of the Reich. His body was pulled out of the water, carried up the steep hill to town of La Chaux-de-Fonds and examined by Dr Ulrich.
November 26, 2024 at 5:04 PM
His companion made it safely, but Barkat Ali did not. According to the British embassy in Switzerland he was shot by a German soldier at this edge of the Reich. His body was pulled out of the water, carried up the steep hill to town of La Chaux-de-Fonds and examined by Dr Ulrich.
Barkat Ali was just 18 when he died, a Naik with the Indian Army Medical Corps.
On 18th May, with a companion, he descended the steeply wooded slopes to the Doubs river, separating France and Switzerland. Just upstream from the Bonaparte footpath, they crossed the narrow, fast-flowing river.
On 18th May, with a companion, he descended the steeply wooded slopes to the Doubs river, separating France and Switzerland. Just upstream from the Bonaparte footpath, they crossed the narrow, fast-flowing river.
November 26, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Barkat Ali was just 18 when he died, a Naik with the Indian Army Medical Corps.
On 18th May, with a companion, he descended the steeply wooded slopes to the Doubs river, separating France and Switzerland. Just upstream from the Bonaparte footpath, they crossed the narrow, fast-flowing river.
On 18th May, with a companion, he descended the steeply wooded slopes to the Doubs river, separating France and Switzerland. Just upstream from the Bonaparte footpath, they crossed the narrow, fast-flowing river.
Hundreds of Indian POWs escaped as a result of that air raid. Some of them made it to Switzerland. Two are buried at the @CWGC enclosure in Vevey.
November 26, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Hundreds of Indian POWs escaped as a result of that air raid. Some of them made it to Switzerland. Two are buried at the @CWGC enclosure in Vevey.
From the other place a month ago - Remembrance Day.
Today I remember Indian Army POWs buried in Europe – over 250 of them in total 🧵
There are 58 buried at Épinal in France, mostly killed in the Allied air raid on 11th May 1944. When I visited last, a blackbird came to see me.
@cwgc.bsky.social
Today I remember Indian Army POWs buried in Europe – over 250 of them in total 🧵
There are 58 buried at Épinal in France, mostly killed in the Allied air raid on 11th May 1944. When I visited last, a blackbird came to see me.
@cwgc.bsky.social
November 26, 2024 at 5:04 PM
From the other place a month ago - Remembrance Day.
Today I remember Indian Army POWs buried in Europe – over 250 of them in total 🧵
There are 58 buried at Épinal in France, mostly killed in the Allied air raid on 11th May 1944. When I visited last, a blackbird came to see me.
@cwgc.bsky.social
Today I remember Indian Army POWs buried in Europe – over 250 of them in total 🧵
There are 58 buried at Épinal in France, mostly killed in the Allied air raid on 11th May 1944. When I visited last, a blackbird came to see me.
@cwgc.bsky.social
Posting photos of things in the house.
My father's T-square and one of his paintings
My father's T-square and one of his paintings
November 26, 2024 at 11:53 AM
Posting photos of things in the house.
My father's T-square and one of his paintings
My father's T-square and one of his paintings
Looking forward to talking about my book on the Greatest Escape of the Second World War with @BBCMorningLive @ExeterLibrary I’ll be on around 12:15
November 25, 2024 at 9:33 AM
Looking forward to talking about my book on the Greatest Escape of the Second World War with @BBCMorningLive @ExeterLibrary I’ll be on around 12:15
And another cover of a favourite book
November 24, 2024 at 7:16 PM
And another cover of a favourite book
More good things in the house...
November 24, 2024 at 7:13 PM
More good things in the house...
Have you ever played 'Exquisite Corpse'?
Latest artwork from Mile Lane here
Latest artwork from Mile Lane here
November 23, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Have you ever played 'Exquisite Corpse'?
Latest artwork from Mile Lane here
Latest artwork from Mile Lane here
