**** Winston Churchill had served in India as a young Army officer and he believed that India should remain as part of the British Empire. However, on a speaking tour of the USA, an Indian Nationalist organisation forced Walter to draw his gun on three occasions in order to protect Winston's life. **** Walter Thompson was Churchill's trusted bodyguard, who saved his master from thirteen assassination attempts during World War II. Churchill's Bodyguard DVD Starting Saturday 10th May, there is a series of 13 free DVDs in The Telegraph Newspaper entitled "Churchill's Bodyguard". Narrated by Robert Powell this series tells the story of Winston Churchill's life, extracted from the unpublished memoirs of Walter Thompson. Details at: http://whizzbang.biz/blog28/2008/05/06/churchills-bodyguard-dvd/ ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India
For what it is worth. Churchill was once stationed at Fort St. George Madras. While I was stationed there in 1947, the fort barber assured me that he had once cut Churchill's hair. I was not able to confirm if he was still using the same comb, scissors and razor. Alfred Vieyra. -----Original Message----- From: india-british-raj-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:india-british-raj-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 3:13 AM To: india-british-raj@rootsweb.com Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Walter Thompson - Churchill's Bodyguard **** Winston Churchill had served in India as a young Army officer and he believed that India should remain as part of the British Empire. However, on a speaking tour of the USA, an Indian Nationalist organisation forced Walter to draw his gun on three occasions in order to protect Winston's life. **** Walter Thompson was Churchill's trusted bodyguard, who saved his master from thirteen assassination attempts during World War II. Churchill's Bodyguard DVD Starting Saturday 10th May, there is a series of 13 free DVDs in The Telegraph Newspaper entitled "Churchill's Bodyguard". Narrated by Robert Powell this series tells the story of Winston Churchill's life, extracted from the unpublished memoirs of Walter Thompson. Details at: http://whizzbang.biz/blog28/2008/05/06/churchills-bodyguard-dvd/ ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message