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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.
Dec 20, 2021 · Major Shand was an officer in the British Army, winning two Military Crosses in the Second World War. On Nov 6, 1942, while in Egypt, his vehicle was destroyed, his two crewmen killed,...
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Nov 5, 2020 · In a video address to the regiment, released alongside the portrait on Thursday, Camilla recalled what her late father Major Bruce Shand, who won two Military Crosses, told her about them.
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May 8, 2020 · In an excerpt from his book Previous Engagements, selected by Her Royal Highness to share on VE Day, Major Shand recalls his time serving in North Africa in 1942 which saw him lose two of his closest comrades during the Battle of El Alamein and taken to Germany as a prisoner of war.
Jun 9, 2023 · 9th June 2023. Queen Camilla has taken on a new military role and revealed that it’s one her father, Major Bruce Shand, always hoped would come her way. Her Majesty has been announced as the...
Bruce Shand joined the 12th Lancers in 1937; served in France and North Africa; was wounded, taken prisoner, and awarded the M.C. 1940 and Bar 1942. He gained the rank of Major serving with the 12th Royal Lancers.
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Apr 22, 2024 · Camilla, 76, will view a Second World War tunic that belonged to her father, Major Bruce Shand, a 12th Royal Lancer who won the Military Cross during the retreat to Dunkirk in 1940 and again at...
