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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. He was the father of Queen Camilla. After the war he became a wine merchant.
5 days ago · Published 22 April 2024. Her Majesty The Queen has undertake her first visit to The Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeth's Own) since being appointed as their Colonel-in-Chief. 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 ...
5 days ago · Her father Major Bruce Shand served in the 12th Lancers - which is now part of the regiment. Camilla was named the patron of the Royal Lancers in June last year, taking the role over from Queen ...
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.
Jun 21, 2006 · Wed 21 Jun 2006 19.01 EDT. Major Bruce Shand, who has died aged 89, was famous for keeping his cool: this earned him two military crosses in the second world war and, half a century later, the...
5 days ago · Major Bruce Shand won two Military Crosses during fighting across Europe and North Africa during the Second World War. Victoria Ward, Deputy Royal Editor 22 April 2024 • 12:01am. The Queen's...
Feb 20, 2021 · Bruce Shand. Bruce was born in London in January 1917; his mother was Edith Marguerite Harrington and his father, Philip Shand, was an architectural writer. His parents divorced when he was three and his father married another three times – Bruce was said to have had no contact with his father until he was 18.
