• Colonel Sir George Leuchars, KCMG, DSO (died 1924) was a South African politician and military officer. He was a minister in General Louis Botha's first...
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  • Leuchars is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Anne Leuchars, British broadcaster and journalist Sir George Leuchars, South African politician...
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    Dragoon Guards 1993 – 31 March 2015: Honorary Air Commodore, of the RAF Leuchars 15 June 1985 – 30 June 1996: Honorary Air Vice Marshal RAF 1 July 1996:...
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    Party President Frederick Robert Moor 1910 – 1911 SAP Louis Botha (I) George Leuchars 1911 – 1912 SAP Louis Botha (I) Adriaan Fourie 1933 – 1938 UP/NP J...
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    1910 1912 SAP Minister of Posts and Telegraphs 1912 1915 SAP The Hon. George Leuchars MP 1912 1912 SAP The Hon. D. P. de Villiers Graaf MP 1910 1912 SAP...
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    Preceded by Started Minister of Posts and Telegraphs 1910–1912 Succeeded by George Leuchars Preceded by Started Minister of Public Works 1910–1912 Succeeded by...
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  • of Kinnaird (Peerage of Scotland) 13th Lord Carnegie, of Kinnaird and Leuchars (Peerage of Scotland) 5th Baron Balinhard, of Farnell in the County of...
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    battalion will relocate from Fort George barracks to Leuchars (both in Scotland) in 2029. This would mean closure of Fort George in 2029 rather than 2032 as...
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  • Commandant Local Forces, Natal. Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel George Leuchars, C.M.G., Umvoti Mounted Rifles. William James David Ansell, Esq., Collector...
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    Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University, Montreal. Colonel George Leuchars CMG DSO, Member of the House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa...
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    Grammar School (c1739–c1748) and possibly also at the small parish school at Leuchars, Fife. On 24 February 1748 he entered the University of St Andrews and...
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    Carnegie of Kinnaird in 1616 and was made Lord Carnegie, of Kinnaird and Leuchars, at the same time he was given the earldom. These titles are also in the...
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    light cavalry unit, and moved to Leuchars Station in summer 2015. On 29 September 2015, Queen Elizabeth II visited Leuchars, where she named the north part...
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  • United Kingdom Royal Air Force (Leeming Flying Training Unit) LCS RAF Leuchars LEUCHARS United Kingdom Royal Air Force LOP RAF Linton-on-Ouse LINTON ON OUSE...
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    Scotland and its favourable local flying conditions. Since the closure of RAF Leuchars in 2015, Lossiemouth is the only operational RAF station in Scotland and...
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    of Kinnaird (Peerage of Scotland) 12th Lord Carnegie, of Kinnaird and Leuchars (Peerage of Scotland) 4th Baron Balinhard of Farnell in the County of Forfar...
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    north to RAF Leuchars on 3 November 1975. The squadron began to re-equip with the Tornado F.3 in 1990. Throughout its time at Leuchars the No. 111 (F)...
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    Cupar to the south and west and via Leuchars to the north. Nowadays, the only public transport to reach trains at Leuchars or to connect other towns in Fife...
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    Edinburgh Edinburgh Garrison Leuchars Station Support Unit Kinloss Support Unit Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, at Leuchars Station, Fife. 2nd Battalion,...
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    between Burntisland and Leuchars North Junction Tay Bridge and associated lines of the North British Railway between Leuchars North Junction and Dundee...
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    F6 XR766 of No. 23 Squadron RAF from RAF Leuchars was abandoned in North Sea, 51 miles ENE of RAF Leuchars official report gives the exact location as...
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    Lyneham ended their role from 1 March 1991, leaving Brize Norton, Manston, Leuchars and St Mawgan with the role. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U...
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    device shown on the squadron crest. The station crest of the former RAF Leuchars, Fife, also showed the Saltire, in this case surmounted by a sword. The...
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    the RAF and used to form a second squadron at Leuchars. At the time, 111 Squadron was stationed at Leuchars operating the FGR.2 version of the Phantom,...
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    Cardenden Inverkeithing Kennoway Newport-on-Tay Buckhaven Anstruther Tayport Leuchars Leslie Kincardine Kinghorn Perth and Kinross Dundee East Lothian City of...
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    Douglas Phantom FG.1 (XT874) on 6 June 1969 at RAF Leuchars. The squadron officially reformed at Leuchars on 1 September 1969, operating as part of Northern...
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    Support Battalion". British Army. Retrieved 23 May 2017. "Units at Leuchars". Leuchars Station Open Day – 3 June 2017. Archived from the original on 30...
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    Boulder, New York: Rowman and Littlefield. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-7425-3755-2.. Leuchars, Christopher (2002). To the Bitter End: Paraguay and the War of the Triple...
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    two British RAF Liberator aircraft attacked (G/86 'George' from Tain and E/547 'Edward' from Leuchars). The crew managed to shoot one bomber down, and nine...
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  • Leuchars (c.1135–1203), a granddaughter of the Scottish king William the Lion. The earliest English use was the granddaughter of Arabella de Leuchars...
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