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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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Oct 13, 2015 · Mark Roland Shand was born on June 28, 1951, to Major Bruce Shand and the Honorable Rosalind Maud Cubitt. His father’s family had made its money importing calico fabric from India.
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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.
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 gratitude of the Prince of ...
Jun 11, 2006 · Obituary: Bruce Shand. 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 Shand's response when news of his daughter's affair with the Prince of Wales became public in 1992, says much about the man: "The ...
Major is a 2022 Indian biographical action drama film directed by Sashi Kiran Tikka with the story and screenplay by Adivi Sesh. The film focuses on the life of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan who was martyred in action in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, it stars Sesh as Unnikrishnan,which won him Best Actor at 11th South Indian International Movie Awards ...
Apr 22, 2024 · Major Shand, who died in June 2006, was commissioned into the 12th Royal Lancers in 1937. ... Maj Shand’s tropical tunic, made by Saville Row tailor Huntsman & Sons, has been on public display ...
