Peter Raymond Leuchars

Peter Raymond Leuchars
Born	29 October 1921 London, England
Died	17 July 2009 (aged 87)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1941–1976
Rank	Major-General
Service number	200120
Unit	Welsh Guards
Commands	1st Battalion, Welsh Guards 11th Armoured Brigade Wales
Battles / wars	Second World War Palestine Emergency Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
Awards	Bailiff Grand Cross of the Venerable Order of St John Commander of the Order of the British Empire Mentioned in dispatches (2)

Major-General Peter Raymond Leuchars, CBE GCStJ (29 October 1921 – 17 July 2009) was a British Army officer who saw service in north west Europe during the Second World War.

Military career

Educated at Bradfield College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Leuchars was commissioned into the Welsh Guards in 1941. He saw action at the Normandy landings in June 1944 and then in north west Europe during the Second World War. He became commanding officer of the 1st Battalion the Welsh Guards in 1963. He went on to be Chief of Staff to the Director of Operations in Borneo during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation. After that he became commander 11th Armoured Brigade in British Army of the Rhine in 1966, Deputy Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley in 1972 and General Officer Commanding Wales in 1973 before retiring in 1976.

He was a Bailiff Grand Cross of the Venerable Order of St John and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He was twice mentioned in dispatches. He died on 17 July 2009.

He married Gillian Nivison, daughter of John Nivison, 2nd Baron Glendyne, in 1953; they had one son.

External links

• British Army Officers 1939–1945