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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.
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While he may have known that his enemy was soldiers of the Manchester Regiment, the German leader could not have known that they were led by the formidable Captain “Mad” Jack Churchill. It was Churchill’s own arrow that skewered the luckless German, while his men’s rifles accounted for the rest.
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.
Mad Jack Churchill resumed his military commission when Nazi Germany invaded Poland in 1939. He was assigned to the Manchester Regiment in the British Expeditionary Force. He quickly found himself in a daring encounter during the Battle of France in May 1940.
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
Mar 6, 2023 · Here's the amazing story of 'Mad Jack Churchill', the man who fought with a bow and sword in WWII. World War 2 was the most destructive conflict our world has ever seen; a brutal, global war fought with tanks, warplanes, machine guns and even bows and arrows! Jack Churchill was a British Army Officer who battled the German army in a totally ...
May 20, 2014 · 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...
