and did not realise that he was being asked in Hebrew for a password, the English-speaking 7th volunteer Brigade was formed. Bowden led a unit that fought in the Galilee. In 1998, Bowden told an interviewer that he, like everyone else, knew that Arab armies would attack the Jews as soon as the British withdrew, "I was going to make sure they didn't get stamped on. (The Arabs) were going to kill the whole sodding lot of them! I'd seen enough annihilation." In 1949, Chaim Laskov asked Captain Bowden to create a paratroop school, and to establish the predecessor of the Paratroopers Brigade. He did so, writing a training manual with the help of his Hebrew-speaking secretary Eva Heilbronner and training soldiers with British Army surplus equipment. References British military personnel of the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine People of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War Bergen-Belsen concentration camp Royal Scots Greys officers Royal Scots Greys soldiers British Army personnel of World War II British Parachute Regiment officers Special Air Service officers People from Surrey 2019 deaths British World War II prisoners of war World War II prisoners of war Military personnel from Surrey Year of birth missing