Claim: Bruce Shand was unable to earn the Military Cross.
Evidence: Major Bruce Middleton Hope Shand MC and bar -LRB- 22 January 1917 -- 11 June 2006 -RRB- was an officer in the British Army.
The Military Cross -LRB- MC -RRB- is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and -LRB- since 1993 -RRB- other ranks of the British Armed Forces , and used to be awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries.