Auchinleck
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- Pour le Field Marshal de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, voir Sir Claude Auchinleck.
Auchinleck (gaélique écossais: Achadh nan Leac) est un grand village avec une population d'environ 3900 habitants, située à 8 km au sud-est de Mauchline Muirkirk et à quelques kilomètres au nord-ouest de Catrine Craigmalloch Cumnock, dans le East Ayrshire, en Écosse. Près du village se trouve « Auchinleck House », ancienne demeure de l'homme de loi, diariste et biographe James Boswell, 9e Laird d'Auchinleck.
Le club de football junior Auchinleck Talbot joue à Beechwood park dans le village.
Son nom dérive d'Achadh nan Leac, qui signifie, en écossais, « Champ des pierres levées ».
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Auchinleck, Field Marshal Sir Claude — 1884–1981 Auchinleck, affectionately known as ‘the Auk,’ was one of the most respected Commanders in the British Army. He had made his career as a soldier in the Indian Army and had been brought home to command the IV Corps in 1939. He spent… … Who’s Who in World War Two
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