"Mad Jack" MacTavish (1876-1982) was born into a family of famous Scottish soldiers. His great grandfather raised his own regiment "The Agile & Suffering Higblanders" to fight in the Americas during the Revolutionary War. "Mad Jack" himself was commissioned into another of the familys regiments "The Queens Own Scottish Murderers" in 1895. He saw extensive service during the Boer War, the Great War and the North West Frontier. Our K&C Club figure shows him as he appeared whilst serving with the regiment in the Khyber Pass in 1935. During the Second World War he commanded a battalion of the Home Guard, "The Aucbensbuggle Volunteers". After War Service he emigrated to the Falkland Islands to run a sheep farm. He was killed while attacking an Argentinian armoured personel carrier with his walking stick during their ill-fated attempt to capture the Falklands in 1982. A brave soldier to the end!
Group
Sculptural Figure(s)
Condition
Extra Fine painted
Scale
Scale 1:30
Material
Metal-Alloy
State
New
King & Country UK Green Lane Ind. Est. DL16 6DL Spennymoor, Co Durham Vereinigtes Königreich
