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VC717 Stewart Walter Loudoun-Shand
BORN 8 October 1879
DIED 1 July 1916 AGE 36
VC Won 1 July 1916 AGE 36
Place VC Won North of Fricourt, Somme, France
War/Campaign First World War 1916
Name Stewart Walter Loudoun-Shand No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 717 Awards VC
Regiment Yorkshire (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own) Regiment, 10th Battalion
Later Green Howards
Now 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment. Disbanded, July 2012
Rank VC Won Temporary Major
Rank End Of Career Temporary Major
Place Of Birth Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
Place Of Death Near Queen's Redoubt, north of Fricourt, Somme, France
Buried/Location Ashes Norfolk Cemetery, Bercordel-Becourt, 3 miles east of Albert, Somme, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot 1, Row C, Grave 77
Gazetted 9 September 1916
VC Presented 31 March 1917, King George V, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Norfolk Cemetery, Bercordel-Becourt, 3 miles east of Albert, Somme, France
P Named On Family Headstone, West Norwood Cemetery, S.E.London
P Named On War Memorial, Dulwich College, Dulwich, S.E.London
P Named On War Memorial, Outside St Stephens Church, Sydnham Hill, Dulwich, S.E.London
P Named On War Memorial, All Saints Church, Freshwater, Isle Of Wight
P Named On County War Memorial, St Nicholas Chapel, Carisbrooke Castle, Isle Of Wight
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
By The Way…
Born in Sri Lanka, his Father was a Tea Planter, he himself was a Tea Merchant before the war
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
