| Surname |
Churchill |
| Forename |
John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming (Jack and Mad Jack) |
| Unit |
3 Commando + 2 Commando |
| Rank |
Major + Lieutenant Colonel |
| Number |
34657 |
| Award |
Distinguished Service Order and bar,Mention in Despatches |
| Place |
Norway 1941 (MiD) Italy 1943 (DSO) Dalmatian Islands 1944 (bar DSO) |
| Additional information |
parent unit 2 Bn Manchester Regiment
born 16.9.1906 Surrey
son of Alex Churchill
educated Dragon School,Oxford
educated King William's College,Isle of Man
educated RMC Sandhurst
commissioned 2 Bn Manchester Regiment 1926
retired from Army 1936
minor film parts
represented Great Britain at archery in the 1939 World Championships
2 Bn Manchester Regiment 1939
awarded M.C. for France 1940 (also WIA)
3 Commando (Major) 1941
WIA Vaagso raid 1941
2 Commando (C.O.) 1942
WIA and POW Island of Brac 1944
escaped
HQ 3 Commando Brigade (2IC) 1945
5 Bn Parachute Regiment (C.O.) 1946
Seaforth Highlanders (company commander)
Highland Light Infantry (2IC) 1948
Army Apprentices School,Chepstow (2IC) 1949-51
Chief Instructor,Land/Air Warfare School,Australia 1952-53
War Office Selection Board,Barton Stacey 1954
Commandant,Outward Bound School
retired,made and sold radio-controlled boats
married Rosamund Denny 1941 (2 sons)
died 8.3.1996 |
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