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Jack Churchill

For other people named Jack Churchill, see Jack Churchill (disambiguation).

Jack Churchill
Black-and-white photograph of Churchill in uniform, sitting at a desk, and looking up at the camera while writing
"Mad Jack" Churchill
Nickname(s)
  • Fighting Jack Churchill
  • Mad Jack
Born(1906-09-16)16 September 1906
Colombo, British Ceylon[1]
Died8 March 1996(1996-03-08) (aged 89)
Chertsey, Surrey, England[2]
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1926–1936
1939–1959
RankLieutenant Colonel
Unit
Commands heldNo. 2 Commando
Battles/warsBurma Rebellion 1930–32
Second World War
1948 Palestine War
AwardsDistinguished Service Order & Bar
Military Cross & Bar

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.

  1. ^ "The Churchill Chronicles, Maj.-Gen. Thomas B. L. Churchill, C.B., C.B.E., M.C." (PDF). First Impressions. 1986. pp. 70, 89. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference JackChurchillODNB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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