Lieutenant-Colonel
John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming "Mad Jack" Churchill, of
the British Army is regarded as one the greatest warriors of
all time. Prior to his service in WW2, Churchill
was the archery champion of Great Britain and represented
his country in the world championships.
During World War II he recorded what is
thought to be the last confirmed bow and arrow kill in modern
warfare, killing a Nazi NCO in France in 1940. The archery
shot signaled the rest of his men to launch an attack on the
Nazi patrol.
To signal the start of a raid on a German
garrison in Norway in 1941, Churchill leapt out his position
playing “March of the Cameron Men” on the bagpipes before
tossing a grenade at the enemy position and getting into the
fight.
He fought throughout the entirety of World
War II armed with a longbow, arrows, and a Scottish
broadsword. In July 1943, he led his commando unit from their
landing site in Sicily with his broadsword hanging from his
belt, his longbow and arrows around his neck, and his bagpipes
under his arm. After infiltrating the town, he took 42 men
prisoner, including a mortar squad.
When the war was over, Churchill remarked,
“If it wasn’t for those damn Yanks, we could have kept the war
going another 10 years.