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Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming "Jack" Churchill, DSO & Bar, MC & Bar (16 September 1906 – 8 March 1996), nicknamed Fighting Jack Churchill and Mad Jack, was a British soldier who fought throughout the Second World War armed with a longbow, bagpipes, and a basket-hilted Scottish broadsword. He is known for the motto: "Any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed." It is claimed that Churchill also carried out the last recorded longbow and arrow killing in action, shooting a German NCO in 1940 in a French village. ==Early life== Churchill was born in Ceylon. Both his father, Alec Fleming Churchill, and grandfather, John Fleming Churchill, served in the Ceylon Civil Service. Soon after Churchill's birth, the family returned to Surrey, where his younger brother, Thomas Bell Lindsay Churchill was born (in 1907). In 1910, the Churchills moved to Hong Kong when Alec Fleming Churchill was appointed as Director of Public Works in Hong Kong. The Churchills' third and youngest son, Robert Alec Farquar Churchill, was born in Hong Kong in 1911. The family returned to England in 1917.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wwiihistorymagazine.com/2005/july/col-profiles.html )〕〔http://www.modern-day-commando.com/Jack-Churchill.html〕〔http://www.procomtours.com/jack_churchill.html〕 John 'Jack' Churchill was educated at King William's College on the Isle of Man. Churchill graduated from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in 1926 and served in Burma with the Manchester Regiment. He enjoyed riding a motorbike while in Burma.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The British Soldier Who Killed Nazis with a Sword and a Longbow )〕 He left the army in 1936 and worked as a newspaper editor in Nairobi, Kenya, and as a male model.〔 He used his archery and bagpipe talents to play a small role in the 1924 film ''The Thief of Bagdad'' and also appeared in the 1938 ''A Yank at Oxford''.〔 He took second place in the 1938 military piping competition at the Aldershot Tattoo.〔 In 1939 Jack Churchill represented Great Britain at the World Archery Championships in Oslo.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jack Churchill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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