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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.
8 mag 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.
22 apr 2024 · Commissioned in 1937, The Queen’s late father, Major Bruce Shand, served with the 12th Lancers during World War II. He won a Military Cross during the withdrawal to Dunkirk in 1940 and later again in 1942 during the Second Battle of El Alamein in North Africa.
11 giu 2006 · Major Bruce Shand, father of the Duchess of Cornwall, had a long and eventful life, winning two Military Crosses in World War II before becoming a respected wine merchant and huntsman. Major...
20 dic 2021 · Sharing tales from the military service of her father, Major Bruce Shand, she said the simple matter of hearing a friendly voice over the airways could make an important difference to...
- Hannah Furness
- Royal Correspondent
8 giu 2023 · The Queen’s father, the late Major Bruce Shand, served with the 12th Lancers during World War II, winning the Military Cross during the retreat to Dunkirk in 1940 and again at El Alamein in 1942, shortly after which he was seriously wounded and taken prisoner in an action in which his crew was killed.
11 giu 2006 · The Duchess of Cornwall's father Major Bruce Shand has died at the age of 89, Clarence House said. The former Cavalry officer died at his home in Dorset on Sunday morning with his family around...
