Her father, Bruce Shand, was taken as a prisoner of war in Germany - and earned a Military Cross for valour. Major Shand, who died in June 2006, was commissioned into the 12th Royal Lancers in ...

Despite winning a Military Cross for valour, Major Bruce Shand was a modest and self-effacing man who chose not to speak about his wartime exploits until his grandchildren were born. It took his ...