H.R.H.
Prince George
Duke of Kent

1902-1942
 
Copyright 1995-2002 by T.F. Mills
Page created 1 March 2002.
Corrected and updated 16.03.2002

    Vita
    Titles and Awards
    Honorary Military Appointments

    Military Service
    Other Military Connections
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  Vita
full name: George Edward Alexander Edmund Windsor
birth: 1902.12.20 (York Cottage, Sandringham)
father: King George V
mother: Queen Mary of Teck
marriage: 1934.11.29: Princess Marina of Greece (Westminster Abbey, London)
children:

1935: Edward George Nicholas Windsor (2nd Duke of Kent) )
1936: Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel Windsor
1942: Michael George Charles Franklin Windsor

death: 1942.08.25 (plane crash, Caithness, Scotland)
  Titles and Awards
  Prince George
1934.10.12 1st Duke of Kent, Earl of St. Andrews, and Baron Downpatrick
   
1923 Knight of the Order of the Garter (KG)
1924 Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)
1934 Knight Grand Cross of the Order St. Michael and St. George (GCMG)
1935 Knight of the Order of the Thistle (KT)
1936 Royal Victorian Chain
1937 Aide de Camp to the King (ADC)
1937 Privy Councillor (PC)
  Bailiff Grand Cross OStJ
  Grand Cross Order of Merit
 
   Honorary Military Appointments
1935.02.27 Colonel-in-Chief, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
1935 Colonel-in-Chief, First City Regiment
1937.03.12 Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
1938 Honorary Air Commodore, No 500 (County of Kent) (Bomber) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force
1938.08.25 Colonel-in-Chief, The Kent Regiment (MG)
   Military Service
1926 Lieutenant, Royal Navy
1934 Commander, Royal Navy
1937 Captain, Royal Navy; Colonel, Army; Group Captain, Royal Air Force
1938 Rear Admiral, Royal Navy; Major-General, Army
 
   Other Military Connections
 
 
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