Jack Bowsher
Jack Bowsher has always had a passion for history. His grandfather did his National Service in the late 1940s driving Sexton self-propelled guns, under senior NCOs who were veterans of the Second World War. He passed on the stories of these men, alongside war films, model kits, and visits to historical places. Jack and his grandfather, inspired by A Bridge too Far, dragged the whole family to the Netherlands to drive Hell’s Highway from Eindhoven to Arnhem.
Now a teacher, Jack is inspiring another generation of historians as Head of History in a secondary school in Hertfordshire. Alongside this, he recently completed a Military History Masters with Distinction, at the University of Wolverhampton. His dissertation research meant he was selected for the fringe Arsenal Stage at the 2023 We Have Ways Festival Drei, where he gave a talk about the use of armour in Burma and India during the Second World War.
Jack is the co-host of The Forgotten War Podcast alongside Dr Robert Lyman MBE.
