In Memory Of

LOUDOUN-SHAND, STEWART WALTER

Service Details
Age:
 36
Date of Birth:
 1879-10-08
Rank:
 Major
Unit:
 10th Bn.
Regiment:
 Yorkshire Regiment
Date of Death:
 1916-07-01
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Battle of the Somme
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 I. C. 77.
Cemetery:
 NORFOLK CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Decorations:
 V C
Citations:
 LG 8 September 1916 -"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 immediately leapt on the parapet, helped the men over it, and encouraged them in every way until he 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."
Son of Mr. John L. and Lucy Loudoun-Shand, of 27, Alleyn Park, Dulwich, London. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918