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16 January 2018

Mad Jack Churchill

One of the most fascinating characters of the 1939-1945 War was Lieutenant-Colonel John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, DSO & Bar, MC & Bar (16 September 1906 – 8 March 1996). 

 Nicknamed "Fighting Jack Churchill" and "Mad Jack", he was known for the motto: "Any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed."


He was a British Army officer who fought throughout the Second World War armed with a longbow, bagpipes, and a basket-hilted Scottish broadsword.

Here is a biographical article from War History Online.

And here is a short YouTube video about him.

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