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Bruce Middleton Hope Shand, MC & Bar, DL (22 January 1917 – 11 June 2006) was an officer in the British Army who served in France as part of the British Expeditionary Force during the Second World War.
Jun 11, 2006 · Major Bruce Shand: War hero who was Camilla's 'rock'. Major Bruce Shand, father of the Duchess of Cornwall, had a long and eventful life, winning two Military Crosses in World War II before...
Jun 11, 2006 · Bruce Middleton Hope Shand, MC & Bar, DL (22 January 1917 – 11 June 2006) was an officer in the British Army who served in France as part of the British Expeditionary Force during the Second World War. He was the father of Queen Camilla.
Apr 22, 2023 · Bruce Shand was born on January 22, 1917 in London England, to Philip Morton Shand (b. 1888, d. 1960), an architectural writer and critic, and Edith Marguerite Harrington (b. 1893, d. 1981)....
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May 8, 2020 · Major Shand – a short biography. Major Bruce Shand M.C. was commissioned into the 12th Royal Lancers in 1937. Described in his citation for his second Military Cross as a leader of “the first order”, Major Shand served with honour in the Army for ten years.
Sep 8, 2023 · Camilla was born in 1947 to Major Bruce Shand, a polo-playing, fox-hunting army officer turned Mayfair wine merchant, and Rosalind Shand, daughter of Roland Cubitt, the third Baron Ashcombe.
Jun 9, 2023 · Major Bruce Shand served with the 12th Lancers in World War Two. He won the Military Cross twice during his service, firstly in 1940 during the retreat to Dunkirk and secondly in 1942 at El...
