At the time of his death he was a Captain in command of a Troop in No. 2 Commando, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel 'Mad' Jack Churchill.
The river was first surfed by WWII veteran Jack Churchill, a Military Cross recipient renowned both for carrying a claymore, and for being the only Allied soldier to kill an enemy with a longbow during the war.
Winston Churchill | Jack Kerouac | Jack Nicholson | Jack Nicklaus | Jack the Ripper | Jack London | Jack Kemp | Jack Kirby | Churchill | Jack Lemmon | Jack Black | Jack Abramoff | Jack Dempsey | Jack Benny | Jack White | Wolfman Jack | Union Jack | Jack White (musician) | Jack and the Beanstalk | Jack Johnson | Jack Charlton | Jack Palance | Jack Daniel's | Jack | Jack Paar | Jack Layton | Jack Straw | Jack Vance | Jack Bruce | Jack Warden |