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Jack Churchill. 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 .
- 1926–1936, 1939–1959
- British Army
Mad Jack Churchill was a professional soldier, a bowman, and a daredevil who led the Manchesters in World War II. He fought in Burma, India, and France, where he shot down a German plane with an arrow. He also played the bagpipes, studied the pipes, and became a movie extra. Learn more about his life and achievements.
Major John Strange Spencer-Churchill DSO TD (4 February 1880 – 23 February 1947), known as Jack Churchill, was the younger son of Lord Randolph Churchill and his wife Jennie, and the brother of former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Sir Winston Churchill.
- 23 February 1947 (aged 67)
- St. Martin's Churchyard Bladon, West Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
- British
- John Strange Spencer-Churchill, 4 February 1880, Dublin, Ireland
Jan 3, 2023 · Also known as "Fighting Jack," British Army officer John "Mad Jack" Churchill became a legend for carrying his broadsword, longbow, and bagpipes into battle. From motorcycle adventurer to Nazi hunter to surfer, Mad Jack Churchill lived quite the life.
Fighting Jack Churchill. 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…. In wartime, the line between outstanding bravery and outright folly is finely drawn.
Jan 31, 2018 · Jack Churchill was a British soldier who fought in WW2 with a longbow, a broadsword and a bayonet. He killed an enemy sergeant with an arrow, led a charge with a sword and became a legend.
Learn about the extraordinary exploits of Jack Churchill, a British Commando who fought with a longbow, a broadsword, and a bagpipe. From Sicily to Yugoslavia, from Norway to Palestine, he was a fearless and eccentric hero of the war.
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