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John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, DSO & Bar, MC & Bar (16 September 1906 - 8 March 1996) was a British Army officer. Nicknamed "Fighting Jack Churchill" and "Mad Jack", he fought in the Second World War with a longbow, a basket-hilted Scottish broadsword, and a set of bagpipes . Early life
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John Churchill, also known as "Mad Jack" or "Fighting Jack" Churchill, fought heroically during World War Two, armed with a longbow, arrows, and a Scottish broadsword… Miriam Bibby 10 min read In wartime, the line between outstanding bravery and outright folly is finely drawn.
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LTC John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming "Mad Jack" Churchill (1906-1996) - Find a Grave Memorial Advertisement Photo added by Bernadette LTC John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming "Mad Jack" Churchill Birth 16 Sep 1906 Colombo, Colombo District, Western, Sri Lanka Death 8 Mar 1996 (aged 89) Surrey, England Burial Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend Memorial ID
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Small wonder, then, that Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm Churchill - the last British soldier to kill an enemy with bow and arrow - is better known by the nickname Mad Jack. Churchill, who also prepared his men for combat by playing the bagpipes, never fought without his traditional baskethilted blade, once stating: 'In my opinion.
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Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm Thorpe (Jack) Churchill DSO* MC* (1906-96) Jack (known as 'Mad Jack' by his contemporaries) grew up in the Far East and was educated at Dragon School & Magdalen College, Oxford, before joining RMC Sandhurst (1924) and was commissioned into 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment in 1926.
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John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill—known as "Jack Churchill" to his friends, and later "Mad Jack Churchill" or "Fighting Jack"—was a professional soldier, son of an old Oxfordshire family.
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The British Soldier Who Killed Nazis with a Sword and a Longbow Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, a.k.a. "Mad Jack," was finally honored this year by the Royal.
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A World War II soldier who captured 42 German troops armed only with a Scottish sword has been ranked as one of the world's greatest adventurers. By ALLISTER THOMAS Published 29th Mar 2014, 01:51.
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After a brief spell as 2i/c No 5 Commando, the then Major John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill (later affectionately known by some as Mad Jack) moved to 2i/c No 3 Commando. Wounded during Operation Archery at Vaagso 27 December 1941.
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John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, DSO & Bar, MC & Bar, also known as "Fighting Jack Churchill" and "Mad Jack", was an officer in the British Army during World War II. He became known for carrying a longbow, bagpipes, and, a claymore sword throughout the war.
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On May 27, 1940, Lt. Col. John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill stood at the base of a tower and watched a German patrol approach a hill overlooking the French village of L'Epinette. The first Nazi officer who appeared in sight was hit center mass from 30 yards — sparking the signal for the ambush.
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Lt Colonel John Malcolm 'Mad Jack' Churchill from Surrey is featured in a new book compiled by the Norwegian Royal Explorers Club which honours the finest explorers and adventurers of all time.
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Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Jack Churchill, DSO & Bar, MC & Bar (16 September 1906 8 March 1996), nicknamed Fighting Jack Churchill and Mad Jack, was an English soldier who fought throughout World War II armed with a longbow, arrows, and a claybeg. He once said any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly.
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Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill managed to capture more than 40 Germans in one single raid during World War Two. After all this, he received the Distinguished Service Order. Just one year after this fantastic action, Jack was set to assist Josip Broz Tito's forces in Yugoslavia.
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Churchill escaped from Niederdorf in April 1945 and walked 150 miles to Verona, Italy where he met an American armoured column. The Pacific war was still going and Churchill was sent to Burma, where the largest land battles against Japan were still raging, but by the time he reached India, Hiroshima and Nagasaki had been bombed, and the war was effectively over.
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John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, better known as Jack Churchill, was born in 1906 in Hong Kong, where his father, Alec, had been appointed the Director of Public Works. Following the appointment, the family moved with him to Asia, where they lived until 1917.
