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Location
On the County War Memorial, St Nicholas Chapel, Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight. Description Major Loudoun-Shand's name appears on these memorials : County War Memorial, Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight Freshwater War Memorial His connection with the Isle of Wight is not clear but his brother lived at Freshwater, and it is presumed that at some stage he lived at Freshwater. The family were prominent in the Ceylonese tea plantations, and also in rubber plantations elsewhere in the far east. His surname is spelt Loudun-Shand on the Memorial panel. |
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Headstone
Photo courtesy of Terry Macdonald (Victoria Cross website) |
Inscription
MAJOR STEWART WALTER LOUDOUN-SHAND V.C. YORKSHIRE REGIMENT 1ST JULY 1916 AGED 36 + IN [....] AND LOVING MEMORY Further Information
On 1 July 1916 near Fricourt, France, when Major Loudoun-Shand's 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. The major immediately leapt on the parapet, helped the men over
it and encouraged them in every way until he was mortally wounded. Even then,
he insisted on being propped up in the trench and went on encouraging his men
until he died.
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Memorials & Monuments
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