Bruce Shand - Wikipedia
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.
How Queen Camilla's hero father Major Bruce Shand earned his …
Apr 22, 2024 · Despite winning a Military Cross for valour, Major Bruce Shand (pictured in 1946 on his wedding day) was a modest and self-effacing man who chose not to speak about his wartime exploits until his...
Who were Camilla Parker-Bowles' parents: Bruce Shand and
Feb 20, 2021 · 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.
Who was Major Bruce Shand? - Yahoo Life UK
Feb 3, 2021 · Camilla’s father, who died in 2006, was Major Bruce Shand, a decorated war hero who was captured and held as a prisoner of war during the Second World War. The duchess opened up about her...
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Dec 20, 2024 · British army officer Major Bruce Shand of the 12th Royal Lancers, marries Rosalind Cubitt, daughter of Roland Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe, at St Paul’s Church in Knightsbridge, London, January 2,...
The Duchess of Cornwall reads extracts from her father’s military ...
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.
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Jun 11, 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...
Queen to pay tribute to her father Major Bruce Shand's service …
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...
Bruce Shand - Wikiwand
Jun 11, 2006 · 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, and …
Queen Camilla makes a poignant tribute to her father as she takes …
Jun 9, 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 new...