General Sir Alexander Leith KCB (1 December 1774 – 19 February 1859) was a Scottish officer in the British Army. He was born in Cobardie, Forgue, Aberdeenshire...
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Alexander Leith may refer to: Sir Alexander Leith (British Army officer) (1774–1859) Sir Alexander Leith, 1st Baronet, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1869–1956)...
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Lieutenant-General Sir James Leith GCB (8 August 1763 – 16 October 1816) was a Scottish soldier who served in the British Army, commanding the 5th Division...
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Lucius Ferdinand Cary, Master of Falkland (1735–1780) was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1780. Cary...
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general officer rank or the rank of brigadier (together now recognized as starred officers) in the British Army, Royal Marines, British Indian Army or other...
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committed suicide in Edinburgh. Elizabeth became the second wife of Sir Alexander Leith (1741–1780); she is described only as 'a daughter of Sir John Cope...
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General Alexander Leith-Hay [formerly Alexander Leith] (1758 – 16 May 1838), was a British Army officer. Hay was born in Aberdeen on 21 December 1758...
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1851) December 1 – Alexander Leith, British Army officer, died 1859 (d. 1859) December 2 François-André Baudin, French naval officer (d. 1842) François-René...
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and poet Alexander Hay (Australian politician) (1865–1941), New Zealand-born member of the Australian House of Representatives Alexander Leith Hay (1758–1838)...
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Major-General Sir Alexander Andrew Wilson KCB (29 October 1858 – 7 July 1937) was a senior British Army officer, Colonel of the Argyll and Sutherland...
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wife the Hon. Ethel Louise Forbes-Leith, daughter of Alexander Forbes-Leith, 1st Baron Leith of Fyvie. When Forbes-Leith was aged 23 in 1925, his father...
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1851) December 1 – Alexander Leith, British Army officer, died 1859 (d. 1859) December 2 François-André Baudin, French naval officer (d. 1842) François-René...
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supporters of religious reformation, and an English army arrived to besiege the French garrison at Leith. The town was not taken by force and the French troops...
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until 1923 and as Sir Charles Burn, Bt, between 1923 and 1925, was a British army officer and Conservative Party politician who was Member of Parliament for...
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British Army surgeon serving with the Liberators, claimed to have operated on Shaw 12 times during the siege. After one attack, while a staff officer...
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Leith (/liːθ/; Scottish Gaelic: Lìte) is a port area in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded at the mouth of the Water of Leith and is home to the...
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Thomas Moody (geopolitician) (redirect from Thomas Moody (British Army officer))
James Leith Moody was educated at Tonbridge School and at St Mary Hall, Oxford. He served as Chaplain to Royal Navy in China; and to the British Army in...
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Maitland GCB GCMG GCH (10 March 1760 – 17 January 1824) was a British soldier and British colonial governor. He also served as a Member of Parliament for...
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2014) was a British Army officer. Among other posts, he commanded a battalion and a brigade during the Troubles before becoming General Officer Commanding...
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generals in the British Army since the Acts of Union 1707. The rank of general (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the...
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the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. James Leith was the son of General Alexander Leith of Freefield and Glenkindie, Aberdeenshire...
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Hay may refer to: Alexander Leith Hay (1758–1838), British Army general Andrew Hay (British Army officer) (1762–1814), British Army major general Bob...
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Sir Alexander Hood (25 September 1888 – 11 September 1980) was a physician and British Army medical officer who served as the Director General of Army Medical...
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John Oswald GCB GCMG (2 October 1771 – 8 June 1840) was a prominent British Army officer during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars whose service...
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the English East India Company's vessel Worcester and two of his officers at Leith in 1707, relationships were poor between the Scottish and English...
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sighted at this location. James Leith (British Army officer) (1763–1816) Andrew Leith Hay (1785–1862) "Property Details for Leith Hall Garden & Estate". Nts...
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Merchant Navy (United Kingdom) (redirect from British merchant navy)
The British Merchant Navy is the collective name given to British civilian ships and their associated crews, including officers and ratings. In the UK...
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Royal Navy (redirect from Serving Officer of The Royal Navy)
Britain. In the Battle of the Chesapeake, the British fleet failed to lift the French blockade, resulting in the surrender of an entire British army at...
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Who Dares Wins (film) (category Use British English from May 2016)
and Edward Woodward. The film is loosely based on the actions of the British Army's Special Air Service (SAS) in the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege; however...
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Trundle, Matthew. Greek Mercenaries: From the Late Archaic Period to Alexander. Routledge, 2004.[ISBN missing] Yalichev, Serge. Mercenaries of the Ancient...
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