Alex Bowers
Staff writer for Legion Magazine | Telling Canada's wartime stories | Brit living in N.S., Canada | Married to Annie | buymeacoffee.com/alexbowers 🏳️🌈
- It was an honour to interview retired Canadian general, senator and author Roméo Dallaire for my latest Legion Magazine article. Despite witnessing the worst of humanity amid the 1994 Rwandian genocide, he maintains hope that we can attain lasting peace. legionmagazine.com/romeo-dallai...
- It never gets old seeing your work available in stores, especially when it comes from such a labour of love. My latest Legion Magazine special issue, written by yours truly from cover to cover, is out now across Canada. You can also get it online here: shop.legionmagazine.com/product/tale...
- My latest Legion Magazine article is an armchair tour of The Fort Garry Horse Museum and Archives. I speak to curator Gord Crossley about the site's history, the regiment's renowned military heritage, and even Winnie-the-Pooh. legionmagazine.com/an-armchair-...
- I've just received the first copy of my latest Legion Magazine special issue, exploring the story of Canada and the Victoria Cross. You can soon pick it up, too, in all fine magazine retailers nationwide, as well as online: shop.legionmagazine.com/product/tale... Thank you for your support!
- My latest Legion Magazine article is an interview with Cameron Kowalski, director of operations for the Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence for Canadian Veterans. Here, we discuss recent research and efforts to help those former service personnel in need. legionmagazine.com/cameron-kowa...
- Any research avenue recommendations into the Suez Crisis?
- Canadians show up in the most curious of places! I've been researching the often-forgotten British North Americans who fought in the Napoleonic Wars, uncovering the tale of John Charles Beckwith in the process. He lost his leg at Waterloo, but survived. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ch...
- You can officially pre-order my upcoming Legion Magazine special issue, "Tales of Valour: Heroic Stories of Canada and the Victoria Cross," here: shop.legionmagazine.com/product/tale... This was very much a labour of love from cover to cover. I hope you chaps get the chance to enjoy it.
- My latest Legion Magazine article is an interview with historian Jane Gulliford Lowes (@lydiajane13.bsky.social), detailing the story of Bomber Command’s mine-laying, or "gardening," operations in WW II—including Canadian efforts. legionmagazine.com/historian-ja... 📸Courtesy Jane Gulliford Lowes
- For Remembrance Day 2025, my photographer wife, Annie, and I travelled to Oromocto, N.B., to see how a military town pauses to honour service and sacrifice. This Legion Magazine feature is a combination of my words and her images. 📸 Annie Bowers. legionmagazine.com/a-military-t...
- 🧵(1/7) The Jan. / Feb. 2026 issue of Legion Magazine is out now, marking the beginning of a special year in which both the publication and The Royal Canadian Legion celebrate 100 years of service to veterans - not to mention telling their stories. Here are my contributions.
- Only went and bloody won! Jolly good show.
- I met Mr. Moosehead himself!
- Our first Halifax Mooseheads hockey game! Beyond excited. 🇬🇧🇨🇦
- Eleven years ago today, these two Brits embarked on the adventure of a lifetime, travelling to Tanzania, Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S. (different times). Now, of course, since #movingtoCanada, we continue to count our blessings. Onwards!
- My latest Legion Magazine article, "The Quilt Makers," is now online, detailing how Canadian women and girls crafted for victory in WW II. legionmagazine.com/the-quilt-ma...
- Did you know that during WW II, Britain safeguarded its gold from a feared Nazi invasion—by shipping its entire reserves to Canada? Here is the story, as told by Canadian author Ted Barris, in my latest Legion Magazine article. legionmagazine.com/ted-barris-o... 📸 Imperial War Museums.
- Are there any historians/experts here well placed to discuss Canadian WW II veteran-turned-Star Trek actor, James Doohan?
- 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...
- 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
- 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-...
- 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...
- 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
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- 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-...
- 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
- 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/
- 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!
- 🧵(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.
- (2/5) My current "Military Health Matters" column highlights a Quebec equine therapy centre supporting franocphone veterans living with operational stress injuries. Here, I not only speak to one of the on-site specialists, but also a veteran who benefited from time with horses.
- 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
- 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-...
- 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...
