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Major Stewart Walter Loudoun-Shand VC
British Army 10th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment
from:London
(d.1st July 1916)
Walter Loudoun-Shand was killed in action on the 1st of July 1916, aged 36 and is buried in the Norfolk Cemetery in France. he was the son of Mr. J. L. Loudoun-Shand, of 27 Alleyn Park, Dulwich, London
An extract from the London Gazette No. 29740 dated 8th Sept. 1916 records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery. When his company attempted to climb over the parapet to attack the enemy's trenches, they were met by very fierce machine gun fire, which temporarily stopped their progress. Maj. Loudoun-Shand leapt on the parapet, helped the men over it, and encouraged them in every way until fell mortally wounded. Even then he insisted on being propped up in the trench, and went on encouraging the non-commissioned officers and men until he died"
