James Crowden

Author, Poet & Broadcaster

Flowers In The Minefields - El Alamein to St Honorine New Book - As an anti-tank gunner with the 51st Highland Division John Jarmain saw action at El Alamein in October 1942 and then for the next six months he fought with them through the Libyan deserts, right up into Tunisia and then took part in the capture of Sicily. The 51st were often in the thick of the fighting and took terrible casualties.   Read More..
 
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Introducing James Crowden PDF Print E-mail

James Crowden is an author and poet living in Somerset. Born in Plymouth in 1954, he was raised on the western edge of Dartmoor. In 1972 he joined the army and served in Cyprus travelling widely in Eastern Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and north west India. In 1976-77 he spent a winter on the northern side of the Himalaya, in the remote Zangskar Valley in Ladakh.
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In James's own Words PDF Print E-mail

James Crowden works between poetry and prose, between the two worlds of inner and outer landscape.
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CV of James's Travels PDF Print E-mail

From Dhekelia Cyprus to Jellalabad and back, discover The Travels of James Crowden..
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Sea and Other Relations PDF Print E-mail

Landscape and seascape have influenced my life enormously. Born in Plymouth in a naval family, the sea was every present. And so was the nomadic life, moving from port to port, long voyages and journeys became a part of life..
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