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H.R.H.
Princess Alice
Countess of Athlone

1883-1981

    
 

    Vita
    Titles and Awards
    Honorary Military Appointments

    Military Service
    Other Military Connections

    Links
 
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Index of Reigns & Peerages
full name:   Alice Mary Victoria Augusta Pauline
birth: 1883.02.25 at Windsor Castle, Berks.
father:   Prince Leopold George Duncan, Duke of Albany
mother:   Princess Helena Frederica Augusta, Duchess of Albany (née Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont)
marriage: 1904.02.10 Prince Alexander George of Teck (Earl of Athlone)
at St George's Chapel, Windsor
children: 1906 Princess May Helen Emma of Teck (Lady May Abel Smith)
  1907 Prince Rupert Alexander George of Teck, Viscount Trematon (d.1928)
  1910 Prince Maurice Francis George of Teck (d.1910)
death: 1981.01.13 at Kensington Palace, London
(bur.: Frogmore, Windsor Great Park, Berks.)
  Titles, Orders and Awards

 

     
Titles:
  1883.02.25 Princess of Great Britain and Ireland; Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Duchess of Saxony, with the style of Her Royal Highness (H.R.H. Princess Alice of Albany)
  1904.02.10 H.R.H. Princess Alexander of Teck
  1917.07.16 H.R.H. Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
     
British Empire/Commonwealth Orders and Awards:
  1897 Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medal
  1898.04.09 VA 2nd class
  1902.08.09 King Edward VII Coronation Medal
  1904.02.10 King Edward VII Royal Family Order, 2nd class
  1911.06.03 King George V Royal Family Order, 4th class
  1911.06.19 King George V Coronation Medal
  1922 VA 1st class
  1926.06.12 GCStJ
  1935.05.06 King George V Silver Jubilee Medal
  1937.05.11 GBE
  1937.05.11 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Coronation Medal
  1948.01.01 GCVO
    Lady Grand President, the Order of the League of Mercy
  1952.12.25 Queen Elizabeth II Royal Family Order, 2nd class
  1953.06.02 Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
     
Foreign Orders and Awards:
    Grand Cross, the Military Order of Christ (Portugal)
    Grand Cordon, the Order of the Legion of Honour (French Republic)
     
     
   Honorary Military Appointments
1930.10.24 Colonel-in-Chief, The Pretoria Regiment (Princess Alice's Own) [terminated 1961]
1933 Commandant-in-Chief, Women's Transport Service (FANY)
1940? Honorary Commandant, Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service
1940? Honorary Air Commandant, Women's Royal Canadian Air Force
1945.10.01 Colonel-in-Chief, 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards
 
   Military Service
1918-1923 First President, Women's Section, British Legion
 
   Other Military Connections
1930.10.24 The King gave her name to The Pretoria Regiment (Princess Alice's Own)
 
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