Achnacarry (Scottish Gaelic: Achadh na Cairidh) is a hamlet, private estate, and a castle in the Lochaber region of the Highlands, Scotland. It occupies...

warning. Previously based at Tor Castle, Lochiel built a new seat at Achnacarry in 1655 in order to keep his men further away from the government troops...

Commandos during the Second World War. It was located in the grounds of Achnacarry Castle in the Scottish Highland region of Lochaber. In 1940 Winston Churchill...

the Clan MacDonald of Keppoch. Achnacarry Castle: Chief Sir Ewen wanted a more "convenient house" and built Achnacarry Castle circa 1655, which was burned...

1971). In 1983, Prince Naruhito (the present Emperor of Japan) stayed at Achnacarry Castle during an expedition to climb Ben Nevis, hosted by Lochiel. Upon...

training areas of the Commando Training Depot established in 1942 at Achnacarry Castle. Unveiled in 1952 by the Queen Mother, it is one of Scotland's...

the end of the war 25,000 men had passed through the Commando course at Achnacarry. This total includes not only the British volunteers, but volunteers from...

areas of the Commando Basic Training Centre established in March 1942 at Achnacarry Castle. Lying in the Great Glen, Spean Bridge has road links north towards...

even from the army. They were trained at the Commando Training Centre in Achnacarry, Scotland and joined No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando as the 1st and the...

Lochiel to install extensive gardens and extensions upon the property at Achnacarry. They had three sons and four daughters. He visited his exiled father...

the senior line of the ancient Cameron clan. The chief is seated at Achnacarry Castle and uniquely referred to as the Lochiel (Scottish Gaelic: Loch...

French commando troops undergoing training at Achnacarry House in Scotland, 17 July 1943...

toured the existing commando training camps and selected the center at Achnacarry, Scotland for the Rangers. Here they underwent intense training. Coached...

Between 1942 and 1946, over 25,000 allied personnel were trained at Achnacarry and it is widely believed that this was the birthplace of modern special...

Highlanders before volunteering as a commando and training with Lovat at Achnacarry along with French, Dutch, Belgian, Polish, Norwegian, and Czechoslovak...

Maighstir Sandaidh, an t-Athair Alasdair Camshròn) (17 September 1701 in Achnacarry Castle, Lochaber, Scotland – 19 October 1746 in Gravesend, Kent, England)...

the name No. 2 (Dutch) Troop, the first Dutch commandos were trained in Achnacarry, Scotland, as part of No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando. The unit was formed...

commando in mid-1940 and was sent to the Combined Training Centre at Achnacarry in Scotland. He was unsuccessful in his initial attempts to convince Admiral...

All volunteers went through a six-week intensive commando course at Achnacarry in the Scottish Highlands, which concentrated on fitness, speed marches...

soldiers in close-combat techniques at the Commando Basic Training Centre at Achnacarry in Scotland. India portal Martial arts portal Angampora Banshay Bataireacht...

Commandos"). They undertook extremely harsh selection and training in Achnacarry, in Scotland, where a number of candidates died.[citation needed] The...

Curling Federation, and served as its president from 1966 to 1969. Born at Achnacarry Castle, near Fort William, Allan Cameron was the second son of Colonel...

was created a life peer on 4 March 2024 as Baron Cameron of Lochiel, of Achnacarry in the County of Inverness. In 2009, Cameron married Sarah Elizabeth Maclay...

units in that theatre. In February 1942 the Commando training depot at Achnacarry in the Scottish Highlands was established by Brigadier Charles Haydon...

controlling posted prices since the so-called 1927 Red Line Agreement and 1928 Achnacarry Agreement, and had achieved a high level of price stability until 1972...

the 2nd Battalion, Royal Marines, and following commando training at Achnacarry in Scotland, the unit consisted of about 450 men organized into a headquarters...

groom-in-waiting to Queen Victoria, whom he had hosted during a Royal visit to Achnacarry in 1873. Active in sheep farming, Lochiel had to take on the stakes of...

put in charge of their recruitment and training under the Commandos in Achnacarry. Many of these original Rangers were volunteers from the 34th. In November...

first intake of volunteers from the new Commando Basic Training Centre at Achnacarry. No. 2 Commando then went on to serve in the Mediterranean, Sicily, Yugoslavia...

between the Camerons and the Chattan Confederation. It took place at Achnacarry, on the isthmus between Loch Lochy and Loch Arkaig. Folklore tales mention...