Lt Col “Mad “ Jack Churchill
Stage 1 of 2: Have a seat and contemplate the
commitment it takes to attain Eagle Scout.
Thank you Troop 86 for all of the great work you do.
Let me introduce you to John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill,
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. Born in Hong Kong, Churchill graduated from the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst in 1926 and was commissioned in the Manchesters, a storied regiment with battle honors dating back to the 18th century.
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As befitted his love of things Scottish, Jack Churchill carried the basket-hilted claymore (technically a claybeg, the true claymore being an enormous two-handed sword). Later on, asked by a general who awarded him a decoration why he carried a sword in action, Churchill is said to have answered: “In my opinion, sir, any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed.”
“No Prince or Lord has tomb so proud / As he whose flag becomes his shroud.”
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