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   Vice-Lieutenant of East Sussex. Exon and Adjutant of the Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard. 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 .

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   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 Alamein.

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   Who was Major Bruce Shand?

   • 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 Alamein. Major Shand ended up as a prisoner of war and was held captive form 1942 until 1945.

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   Who is the Queen's father Bruce Shand?

   • The Regiment are an Armoured Cavalry Regiment based in Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire. Commissioned in 1937, The Queen’s late father, Major Bruce Shand, served with the 12th Lancers during World War II.

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   Who was Bruce Middleton Hope Shand?

   • 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 . After the war he became a wine merchant.

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   Who was Major Shand in the 12th Royal Lancers?

   • As part of the 12th Royal Lancers, Camilla's father also won a Military Cross at El Alamein in North Africa in 1942 - Major Shand was captured on 6 November that year, during a battle in which the crew of his armoured car were both killed. He was held in Spangenberg Castle in Germany until he made an escape early in 1945.

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   Jun 8, 2023 · The Queen’s father, the late Major Bruce Shand, served with the 12 th 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.

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   May 8, 2020 · In November 1942, following an order to advance towards Kalda, south of Mersa Matruh, Egypt, Shand encountered a German column whereupon his vehicle was surrounded and destroyed. His two crewmen were killed, and Major Shand was wounded and taken to Germany as a prisoner of war.

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   Apr 22, 2024 · Her father Major Bruce Shand served in the 12th Lancers - which is now part of the Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeths' Own) - and won a Military Cross for gallantry during the Battle of Dunkirk in the Second World War.

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   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...

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   Apr 22, 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.