ARMY CDOS Churchill, John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming (Jack and Mad Jack)

[John Robertson]

• 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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